Alidar Jarok wrote:

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

(We Germans try to avoid the use of scientific names as much as possible. It's mainly a matter of spelling and keeping words short, I suspect).
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Since when did Germans care about keeping words short? 
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Actually we do.
However, our grammar works a bit different than yours, because when we combine certain words we use them as one word where you keep a space between them.
Evolutionstheorie = Evolution Theory
not much longer than yours just stronger linked together.