English Sentence:

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?

German Translation:

Warum ist "Abkürzung" so ein langes Wort?

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warum

why

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ist

is

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die Abkürzung   (Pl: Abkürzungen)

1. abbreviation 2. shortcut (shorter path)

Here: abbreviation

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so

so, that

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ein

a, an

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lang

long (regarding time or size)

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das Wort   (Pl: Wörter)

word

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