I Collect Teeth

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Groll = grudge, anger, malice, rancor

die Imitation = imitation

un- = un-, in-

fähig = able

-keit = -ility

die Unfähigkeit = inability

die Fehde = feud

der Handschuh = glove

der Fehdehandschuh = gauntlet

der Wurf = throw

Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke

Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation

unfähigkeit (s)=incabability  // angst=anxiety

verzweiflung(s)=desperation  // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner

Monsterwortbildungsgespür

Monster = monster 

Wort = word 

Bildung(s) = formation

Gespür = intuition

• irren = to become lost (also: to err, to be mistaken; to wander, to stray)

• der Garten = garden

der Irrgarten = maze, knot garden

• be- = prefix with a variety of functions: ¹as part of a compound word, it denotes a processing or change of state; ²as part of a compound word, it denotes a touch; ³as part of a compound word, it denotes a more intensive preoccupation with or thematization of something; ⁴it forms from a noun an adjective with a pseudo-participle form because the corresponding verb does not exist; ⁵as a prefix, it forms a transitive verb from a previously intransitive verb; ⁶as a prefix of a verb, it shifts the focus and thus changes the sentence structure

• lustig = funny

• -ung = suffix turning an adjective/adverb into a noun

die Belustigung = amusement, entertainment, merriment

Doom scroll // self explanatory

auf- // lit.: „up“ indicates rising, or something becoming bigger, better, healthier

hell // bright

aufhellen // to brighten something up

-ung // makes a verb a noun

-s- // the glue that keeps german compound words together

repost // self explanatory

Doomscrollaufhellungsrepost // a repost to brighten up your doom scroll

In modern Dutch we just kinda lost* most declensions, so the most you’ll have to inflect an adjective with is an extra -e, and our nouns don’t really change outside of their one singular and plural forms (we’re like this fucked up middle ground between German and English). Unlike the German examples it wouldn’t really make a big difference (simplicity-of-grammar-wise) if I said “inbeeldingsvermogenstekort” vs “tekort aan inbeeldingsvermogen” (lack of imagination); we’d be more inclined to say the latter

* they mostly do remain in old, fixed phrases like the genitive in “mijns inziens” (IMO) or “… des doods” (… of death)

Anyway enjoy:

inbeeldingsvermogenstekort

- beeld: image

- inbeelden: to imagine

- -ing: -ing

- -s: remnant of genitive that sometimes shows up in compounds

- mogen: may (think French pouvoir)

- vermogen: capacity, power (think French pouvoir)

- inbeeldingsvermogen: imagination (power/capacity to imagine)

- te: too

- kort: short

Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus), family Lorisidae, endemic to Sri Lanka

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(I know this isn't the most even way to represent animal groups but I tried to go off of what I saw mentioned most in the notes)