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Default OT: [GERMAN] What does 'Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister' mean...???

On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:05:45 -0800 (PST), bruce bowser
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>On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 4:06:02 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> Maybe the fellow below is a Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister. What a great word...!!!
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>> https://images.app.goo.gl/935voWCUmz2AjYKa9
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>> https://www.dw.com/en/bezirksschorns...ster/a-6618490
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>> Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister.
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>> "Apart from being a particularly intimidating word for non-German eyes, "Bezirkschornsteinfegermeister" is a professional title familiar to every homeowner and tenant in Germany. All German residences are required by law to get a yearly visit from the "district chimneysweep master," who runs safety checks on fireplaces, gas

lines and heating units. Chimneysweeps have deeply embedded themselves in German culture and law - not only because Germans have strong notions about safety and cleanliness, but also because chimneysweeps have long been believed to carry good luck. Soot-covered men with top hats and ladders are a common image on New Year's cards in
Germany, and touching a chimneysweep once a year is said to bring good fortune - and prevent incidents of fatal gas poisoning..."
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>Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgaben übertragungsgesetz
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> (in german translation, its the law for the distribution of tasks related to the oversight of the labelling of beef)
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>Germany drops its longest word: Rindfleischeti...
>ww.telegraph.co.uk - June 3, 2013
>-- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...scheti....html


beef labelling monitoring delegation law

or if, like German, you don't like spaces between your nouns:
beeflabellingmonitoringdelegationlaw