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[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Someone break this word down for me and explain why it's so long 😡

[–] stetech@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Someone break this word down for me

Hilfe leistungs lösch gruppen fahrzeug

(technically i’d need to add capitalization and dashes when separating into full nouns)

help giving exterminating groups’ ~~vehicle~~ drive thing (as others in this thread have noted)

Das Hilfeleistungslöschgruppenfahrzeug der Feuerwehr […]

The aid-providing fire-fighting vehicle of the fire department

Es transportiert Feuerwehrleute, Leitern, Werkzeuge, Schläu[che…]

It transports firefighters, ladders, tools, hoses

Not gonna lie, it’s a bit over the top. Feuerwehrfahrzeug (fire dept’s truck) would’ve sufficed IMO. Nobody not working as a firefighter (and arguably not even all of those who do) knows let alone uses that long-form word.

"Feuerwehrfahrzeug" is still too many letters 😮‍💨