You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Showing posts with label How can the German language produce such word monsters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How can the German language produce such word monsters. Show all posts

Sunday, September 13, 2026

How can the German language produce such word monster?

 

 

This is because of what we would call “Beamtendeutsch”, “Behördendeutsch” or “Bürokratendeutsch”, freely translated as “the German of the bureaucracy”.

The word itself is artificial and not commonly used like the majority of these long compound words as they are the product of governmental agencies and various administration. And they love their compound words together with a certain writing style that renders their texts difficult to comprehend to many people who didn't enjoy any form of higher education.

Understanding common German is one thing, understanding the German that is used by the administration and in matters of administrative law is a completely different story.

In a certain sense, it is similar to the phenomenon that is denoted in English as legalese.