Good luck to you all.
A Selection of Germany's 1200+ new Coronavirus words.
If you go out in Germany, don't forget your Alltagsmaske or Spuckschutzschirm.
If it's a bit chilly outside, maybe don a Schnutenpulli.
Heading out on a date ? Be sure to check the latest Mundschutzmode before selecting your Gesichtskondom .
Germany's nearly four-month-long lockdown has failed to impede the tendency of its language to produce multisyllabic,tongue-twisting words. Germans have coined more than a thousand new terms to describe the rules and realities of life in the time of coronavirus.
Here's two more of them ... Mindestabstandsregelung, or, to get more precise, Anderthalbmetergesellschaft .
OK ... time for the music ...
... after which you will find out the literal translations of those words ...
you ....
will ...
have ....
to ....
wait ....
till ........
NOW ..
Alltagsmaske Everyday Mask
Spuckschutzschirm. Spit Protection Umbrella
Schnutenpulli. Snout Sweater = mask
Mundschutzmode Mouth Protection Fashion
Gesichtskondom . Face Condom
Mindestabstandsregelung Minimum distance regulation
Anderthalbmetergesellschaft One-and-a-half-metre society
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I'm sure you will be keen to find out more of them... or even make some of your own.