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If you see a long German or Swedish word, first of all, don't panic. It's more scared of you than you are of it. Secondly, take a closer look and you'll see it's actually just three normal words in a trenchcoat, huddling together to deter predators (French and English).

Thomas

@Loukas

If it are more than four words it might be Frisian, DE_nds, a local language in the north of Germany

Isenbahnpahlopandahldreier; de.: Schrankenwärter; en.: crossing keeper

word by word: railroad boom up and down turner

And yes, it's to deter predators, Germans, mostly …