German orthography
Compound words, including nouns, are written together, e.g. "Haustür" (Haus+Tür; house door), "Tischlampe" (Tisch+Lampe; table lamp), "Kaltwasserhahn" (Kalt+Wasser+Hahn; cold water tap/faucet). This can lead to long words: the longest word in regular use, "Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften" ("legal protection insurance companies"), consists of 39 letters; while the longest German word ever published ("Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft", "Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services") has 79 letters.
Names of Germany
Among the indigenous peoples of North America of former French and British colonial areas, the word for "Germany" came primarily as a borrowing from either French or English. For example, in the Anishinaabe languages, three terms for "Germany" exist: ᐋᓂᒫ ("Aanimaa", originally "Aalimaanh", from the French "Allemagne"), ᑌᐦᒋᒪᓐ ("Dechiman", from the English "Dutchman") and ᒣᐦᔭᑴᑦ ("Meyagwed", Ojibwe for "foreign speaker" analogous to Slavic "Némcy" "Mutes" and Arab (ajam) "mute"), of which "Aanimaa" is the most common of the terms to describe Germany.