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Re:My Favourite German Word by Dilettante_ on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @12:44AM (#44643307)
>Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher

That's not actually what they're called, it's an overly descriptive contrived way to get a long word, like "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän". Imagine someone in english saying "Ink-to-paper-writing-implement" instead of "pen".

You'd call it an "Eieröffner"(Egg opener) or "Eierköpfer"(Egg beheader).

Re:My Favourite German Word by LouisSayers on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:05PM (#44780245)
Nope, it's actually called that.

You can go on Amazon an order a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher.

The reason I know about this is from eating at the breakfast table in Germany.