just by stringing existing words together. For example (zum Beispiel): Eisenbahnzugwagenfensterplatz = a seat on a railroad car by a window.

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Love it.

Both of my daughters were born in Germany, grew up as Germans (one has since returned there to live). The younger one, while she was in law school in the States, was asked (at random) to read aloud a passage of some legal document to her class.

As it turns out, the case concerned Volkswagen. The passage in question contained the full name of the company, which is Volkswagenaktiensgesellschaft. She read right through it without pausing, and both the professor and the rest of the class gasped a collective "WHOA!!"

Not realizing she had done anything special, she paused and said "What?"

They all said "how did you do that?"

She answered, "I'M GERMAN!"

She has an English-sounding name and by then spoke flawless American English, so only her friends knew she was born and raised in Germany. I wish someone had captured it on video.