German doesn't borrow words for new concepts.
It builds from pieces it already has. Stacked together. Precise. Logical. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ = sick. ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด = house. ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ. Hospital. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ = hand. ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฉ = shoe. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ. Glove. ๐๐น๐๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐จ = flight. ๐ก๐ฆ๐ถ๐จ = thing/tool. ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐-๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Aeroplane. ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐น๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง = sleep. ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ = room. ๐ฆ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ-๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ. Bedroom. ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฅ๐ต = city. ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฌ = library. ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. Public library. The rule that makes every compound word readable: The ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ word carries the meaning. Everything before it describes it. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด is a house. A specific kind - for sick people. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฉ is a shoe. A specific kind - for hands. Once you see this logic - German stops looking impossible and starts looking like a system. You can as well guess the meaning of a word, compound words through this system. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐
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