• Humanius@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      No. Just like German, Dutch uses compound words.

      “Aansprakelijkheidsverzekering” is two words in a trench coat:

      • Aansprakelijkheid (liability, or more literally: adressableness)
      • Verzekering (insurance, or more literally: assurance)

      You can further break those down too:

      • “Aansprakelijkheid” is built around the word “spraak” (speech), so if we want to be even more literal it means “to-speakable-ness”
      • “Verzekering” is built around the word “zeker” (certain/sure), hence the literal meaning “a-sure-ance”

      So in a way that word means “to-speakableness-assurance”

      Edit: One of the longest (non-medical) words in the dictionary is actually another type of insurance:

      “Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering” (Insurance for being unfit to work (i.e. disability insurance), literally “labour-unsuitableness-assurance”)