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minus-squareHumaniuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoNo. Just like German, Dutch uses compound words. “Aansprakelijkheidsverzekering” is two words in a trench coat: Aansprakelijkheid (liability, or more literally: adressableness) Verzekering (insurance, or more literally: assurance) You can further break those down too: “Aansprakelijkheid” is built around the word “spraak” (speech), so if we want to be even more literal it means “to-speakable-ness” “Verzekering” is built around the word “zeker” (certain/sure), hence the literal meaning “a-sure-ance” So in a way that word means “to-speakableness-assurance” Edit: One of the longest (non-medical) words in the dictionary is actually another type of insurance: “Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering” (Insurance for being unfit to work (i.e. disability insurance), literally “labour-unsuitableness-assurance”)
No. Just like German, Dutch uses compound words.
“Aansprakelijkheidsverzekering” is two words in a trench coat:
You can further break those down too:
So in a way that word means “to-speakableness-assurance”
Edit: One of the longest (non-medical) words in the dictionary is actually another type of insurance:
“Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering” (Insurance for being unfit to work (i.e. disability insurance), literally “labour-unsuitableness-assurance”)