Re:My Favourite German Word
by LouisSayers on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:05PM
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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.
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).