To learn more about Germany, it helps to understand the country's nomenclature. German, unlike the neighboring Romance languages, is famously able to create compound words with ease. It’s the origin ...

Thousands of entries from around the world have flooded in to find the most beautiful German word. The languages of Europe are supple: the musical playfulness of Italian, the nasal sensuality of ...

Habseligkeiten - which means "property" - has been voted the most beautiful word in the German language. And rhabarbermarmelade - "rhubarb jam" - has been singled out as Germany's coolest word.

What was once the longest word in the German language, a tongue consisting of many ridiculously lengthy words, is no more. The term ...