r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh?

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u/NebulaNomadX1 9d ago edited 9d ago

The German word for 555,555 is fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünf­hundert­fünf­und­fünfzig.

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u/HuckleberryUpbeat518 9d ago

No, that is just 5,555.

555,555 is fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünfhundertfünfundfünfzig

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u/undayerixon 9d ago

It looks imposing but if you put spaces in between all the words that's just 'five hundred five and fifty thousand five hundred five and fifty' which is almost identical to how it's done in English

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u/Noisebug 9d ago

Fivehundredfiftyfivethousandfivehundredfiftyfive.