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Karl-Heinz always dreamt of ordering a Bratwurst without causing an international incident, so he bought the iconic yellow-and-black book. The First Encounter

The real challenge came in Chapter 8: The Long Words. Karl stared at Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz . He didn't know what it meant, but he felt a strange sense of power just looking at it. He realized that in German, if you don't have a word for something, you just glue five other words together until the paper runs out. He started calling his refrigerator a Kaltessenbewahrungsschrank , much to his wife's annoyance. The Final Test German For Dummies, (For Dummies (Language & Li...

The baker didn't flinch. She didn't laugh. She simply reached for the pretzels and replied, "Sonst noch etwas?" Karl-Heinz always dreamt of ordering a Bratwurst without

"Guten Tag," Karl managed, his voice cracking only slightly. "Ich hätte gerne drei Brezeln, bitte." He didn't know what it meant, but he