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Is it more common to write longer sentences in german than in english?

From my very personal view it looks like especially in scientific related texts Germans use in average longer sentences than in english literature. This could be wrong perception, as a lot of non ...
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Which languages are “nnl.”, “altn.” and “schw.”?

What do the abbreviations "nnl.", "altn." and "schw." mean in the context of etymology? Other abbreviations in the same paragraph were "mhd." (mittelhochdeutsch) and "ags." (angelsächsisch). My guess ...