It’s just such an unimaginative language though. I mean, yes, technically you can describe gloves as “hand-shoes” and it is perfectly sensible, but I think any other nation would have figured that invention merited dreaming up a new word. The Germans couldn’t be bothered!
Geschwindigkeitsbeschrankungen: speed limits.
A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs: Handschuhschneeballwerfer.
A man who pees sitting down: Sitzpinkler.
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitatenhaupt-betriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft: the association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services, of course/