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Longest words in German

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This article describes some of the longest words in the German language.

Long words

The table below consists of the longest words in the German language along with disputes as to why they may not be considered the longest German word.

Word Letters Syllables Part of speech Translation Dispute Ref.
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft 79 22 noun Association for Subordinate Officials of the Main Maintenance Building of Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft Not in the dictionary. [1]
siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig 65 20 noun Seven hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred seventy-seven Not in the dictionary.
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz[lower-alpha 1] 63 18 noun The law concerning the delegation of duties for the supervision of cattle marking and the labelling of beef Not in the dictionary and only used in official German government documents. Law of which it is the name has been repealed. [2]

[3]

rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften 39 10 noun Insurance companies that provide legal protection Not in the dictionary. [4]
kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungen 38 10 noun Automobile liability insurances [5][6]
anticonstitucionalmente 23 9 adverb anticonstitutionally No [7]
electroencefalografista 23 10 noun electroencephalographer Yes [8][9]
esternocleidomastoideo 22 9 noun sternocleidomastoid Yes [10][11]
electroencefalografía 21 10 noun electroencephalography Yes [11][12]
otorrinolaringológico 21 10 adjective otorhinolaryngological Yes [13]
internacionalización 20 8 noun internationalization Yes [14]
electroencefalograma 20 9 noun electroencephalogram Yes [11][15]
otorrinolaringología 20 10 noun otorhinolaryngology Yes [16]
electrocardiografía 19 9 noun electrocardiography Yes [17][18]
desafortunadamente 18 8 adjective unfortunately Yes [19]
anticonstitucional 18 7 adjective anticonstitutional Yes [20]
desconsoladamente 17 7 adverb disconsolately Yes [21]
interculturalidad 17 7 noun interculturality Yes [22]
arteriosclerosis 16 6 noun arteriosclerosis Yes [11][23]
electrodoméstico 16 7 noun home appliance Yes [11][24]
inconstitucional 16 6 adjective unconstitutional Yes [25]
limpiaparabrisas 16 7 noun windshield wiper Yes [26]
inexorablemente 15 7 adverb inexorably Yes [27]
paralelepípedo 14 7 noun parallelepiped Yes [11][28]

Notes

  1. ↑ Abbreviated as RkReÜAÜG

References

  1. ↑ Ltd, Not Panicking (20 December 2007). "h2g2 - The Longest German Word - Edited Entry". h2g2.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. ↑ Connolly, Kate (June 3, 2013). "Germany's longest compound word consigned to history". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. …although Guinness World Records also records Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (39 letters, meaning "insurance firms providing legal protection").
  5. ↑ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. The longest word to be found in the dictionary is kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung (36 letters) meaning "automobile liability insurance"…
  6. ↑ "Why Germans bid 'Auf Wiedersehen' to the longest word in the language". CTV News. June 4, 2013. The longest word in the standard German dictionary is Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung – which is the word for motor vehicle liability insurance.
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Sundem
  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Erichsen
  9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named electroencefalografista
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RAE_esterno
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Cuáles son las palabras más largas en español (y cuales son las falsas o inventadas)". Solosequenosenada (in Spanish). 2 April 2010.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  12. ↑ "electroencefalografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  13. ↑ "otorrinolaringológico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  14. ↑ "internacionalización". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-18.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  15. ↑ "electroencefalograma". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  16. ↑ "otorrinolaringología". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ "electrocardiografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  18. ↑ "Separar en sílabas la palabra: electrocardiografiamente". Buscapalabras. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  19. ↑ "desafortunadamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  20. ↑ "anticonstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  21. ↑ "desconsoladamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  22. ↑ "interculturalidad". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-12.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  23. ↑ "arteriosclerosis". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  24. ↑ "electrodoméstico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  25. ↑ "inconstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  26. ↑ "limpiaparabrisas". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  27. ↑ "inexorablemente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-01.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  28. ↑ "paralelepípedo". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)


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