User:Ultracobalt/sandbox/5

German words are impressively long, so it makes sense to shorten them a bit. But some of the language's shortest words get the same treatment. You'll sometimes find the conjunction "und" (and) shortened to "u." DW3
 * Abbreviation: German written abbreviations are pronounced just like the full word or phrase when read aloud.
 * Acronym: many of these have been adopted from English, such as Laser and NATO.


 * Silbenwort, or "syllable word", an especially German method of abbreviating which combines the first 2 (sometimes 3) letters of a phrase into a single word. Many have become words on their own merit, and a number have made it into english usage, suach as Gestapo.
 * Initialization: Because words for government agencies and organizations tend to be very long, initialization is commonplace.

Common Written Abbreviations
This is a selection of the most common written abbreviations and symbols in German, with the primary reference from Langenscheidt and additional, more current sources indicating the degree of popularity. German abbreviations are pronounced just like the full word or phrase when read aloud. Measurements are normally reduced to initials, written in lowercase, and without punctuation. Measurements of capacity in cooking can be uppercase.

Acronyms
An acronym is a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase,are made out of initials and pronounced as words. A number of acronyms are imported from English: AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome); Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization); Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging); UNO (United Nations Organization).

Silbenwort
A Silbenwort, or "syllable word", is the abbreviation of the determinant and the basic word of a word compound (compound) for a new lexeme (example: "Kriminalpolizei" = compound, "Kriminal -" = determinant, "-polizei" = basic word, "Kripo" = Short syllable word). [1] Syllable words belong to the short words (and according to Helmut Glück are classified as acronyms [2] ).

Contrary to what the term suggests, whole syllables of the original word do not necessarily have to be used for the syllable word. It can also be shortened syllables, for example in the case of Trafo for “transformer”, where only the first three letters of the first syllable “Trans-” are used.

KaDeWe	Kaufhaus des Westens	large Berlin dept. store (T and D)

DW2:
 * 2ZKB, Back in the days when people had to keep the number of characters in classified ads to a minimum, Germans became really creative in describing apartments. People still use abbreviations such as 2ZKB ("2 Zimmer mit Küche und Bad": 2 rooms with a kitchen and bathroom) on large pieces of paper. There are over 100 more abbreviations related to real estate.
 * Schnipo, Schnitzel and Pommes (French fries) is what you need, right now. Don't waste words on the project: Use the abbreviation "Schnipo." And if you're still thinking about calories, you can always order a "Schniposa" and you'll get a side of a salad — or at least a lettuce leaf and half a tomato, as pictured.
 * Oliba, Oberlippenbart, a mustache, literally "top lip beard"
 * Vokuhila, mullet
 * Waluliso, "Wasser-Luft-Licht-Sonne": water, air, light and sun. It was the pseudonym and motto of a Viennese peace activist whose eccentric style marked the city, and who didn't go unnoticed during state visits either, impressing Prince Charles and Lady Di or PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Two years after his death in 1996, the Waluliso Bridge was created in an FKK area in Vienna, crossing the Danube River. https://www.dw.com/en/a-selection-of-10-creative-german-abbreviations/g-49185832

Initialisms
Acronyms pronounced as individual letters are rather than words are more specifically called initialisms. German initialisms listed here are most commonly relate to companies, government agencies, legal terms, organizations, s written without periods, pronounced by their letters, and retain the grammatical gender of their primary noun.

Internet Slang and Text
Like “leet speak,” German Chatsprache is littered with English as well as Deutsch, leading to the so-called Denglish combination. Sometimes it can’t hurt to trot out an English abbreviation (though it’s cheating, really!) like FTR (for the record) or RLY? (really?) and a few more you’ll find here

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-internet-slang/

https://www.germanpod101.com/blog/2019/07/23/german-text-slang/

Historic
These are former government agencies and organizations from before unification no longer in common usage.