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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (2 children)

gGmbH = gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung = limited liability company serving the public benefit

[–] Lost_My_Mind 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

God damn the German language sure uses the entire alphabet in every word......How do they fit names onto their street signs???

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

the longest street name in Germany is "Bischöflich-Geistlicher-Rat-Josef-Zinnbauer-Straße", which I don't think is that different from something like "St Martin-in-the-Fields Church Path" in the UK.

(I'm purposefully ignoring Wales, because they're just fucking with us at this point)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Well thank goodness they have that ß character to help keep their street names so efficient.

[–] MothmanDelorian 2 points 1 month ago

Are the Welsh fucking anything other than their flock?

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you have a problem with the language that's half l and y?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The can keep their l's and y's, my issue is that I don't trust their language after their longest town name was arbitrarily made so to reap in unsuspecting tourists

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Replace ss with ß.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the first g the "for public benefit" part? Because isn't GmbH an evil company?

Also, isn't the norm that if you're doing good, you don't name the leader a CEO but a Director or something?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yes, gemeinnützig = serving the public benefit (literally approximately: gemein = common, nützig = useful, i.e. useful to the common good)

GmbH is just the (almost literal) translation of LLC.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I always pictured a goomba when I saw GmbH.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thats a good association.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And we're on Lemmy, so any LLC is inherently evil. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If your goal is profit, then yes.

/not s