Which one of those classifications does German fall into? I have never studied German, but I know there are lots of long words,(reply>), German is a fusional language. E.g. verbs are formed (conjugated) similar to the way explained with the habl-o in Spanish.,(reply>), +Adam Johnson I'd guess more isolating than English. There are long words but those are substantives chained together and do not convey grammar. Also they're rarely used. German doesn't have contractions like "I'd" "He's" "they're" "wouldn't" etc. , that's why I'd put it more on the isolating side of the spectrum.