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Kind like that thing where ones native language doesnt have a specific pithy single word or phrasal expression to store its meaning

For extra fun (see my example in the replies) give

the fluent explanation

SPOILER (even if you dont have it, just leave it blank if you dont so people dont know whether there's an answer beforehand

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes, sure, Begriffsassoziativitätskombinatorik.

(Yes, I just made that word up. And also yes, it makes sense and might be the word describing what you were just thinking about.)

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Can you break that down for me haha? Like

Begriffsassoziativitätskombinatorik, [each word in German/english seperated by + marks]

Thats a good pedagogic one for me haha

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Begriff + s + assoziativität + s + kombinatorik

Word/term + s + associativity + s + combinatoric

So it is the combinatoric of associativity between words.

The "s" in there are just for easier speaking, which itself has a compoundword name: Fugen-s, so literally translated: Joint-s