What is the longest word in your language, and what does it mean in English?

@Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 16d

What is the longest word in your language, and what does it mean in English?

Elvith Ma'for · edit-2 15d

While technically correct, the word Verkehr here does not translate to traffic, but rather belongs to the compound Verkehrsgenehmigung which is roughly a trade permit for selling a plot of land or using it as a collateral on a loan.

Ephera · 15d

Damn, seems you’re right. For folks reading along: That’s not how that word usually works in German, but I guess, it is how it works in German legalese…

Elvith Ma'for · edit-2 15d

German legalese has Verkehr as a reference to in Verkehr bringen which means put something on the market / put something on circulation.

But it’s hard to recognize /learn because

Verkehr almost(?) always means traffic outside of legalese and
There are also traffic laws, that also use Verkehr but really mean traffic