The word Donaudampfschi
fffahrtkapitaensgattin reminded me of another cool thing you can do in German but not in English: legitimately stick three of the same letter together in a row in a single word. Consider, for example, Schn
eeeule (snow owl; thank you,
Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch) and Flu
ssschleiche (river bend). Of course, this occurs only within those fabulous compound nouns...
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