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Originally Posted by pj67coll
I've often wondered about that. Given the technical nature of much of what Germany has achieved and the literature / artistic emanations of english. I don't speak German but would be interested to see some examples. Can you provide?
- Peter.
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English is comprised of many more words than German for starters, so the speaker has a broader choice of words and can be more precise. German tech jargon relies on word stack upon words while in English we have a descrete word. English is the defacto language of science.
A friend who grew up in a German speaking household here in PA claims there are only 500 words in the German language.