German is a so-called "agglutinative" language. That means it is perfectly legitimate to string together related words that describe a particular person, thing, or situation and thus create a brand-new compound word. In some circles it's considered to be a bit of a linguistic sport to try to come up with ever-longer compounds. So in that sense, there isn't an official longest word. A "simple", if somewhat artificial, example:
Fernseher = television set (from fern = far, sehen = to see)
Farbe = color (or colour, if you prefer)
Apparat = apparatus, appliance
verkaufen = to sell
Haus = house
Leiter = manager, leader so ...
a Farbfernsehapparatekaufhausleiter is the manager of a store that sells colour televisions!!
In German these words are humorously referred to as Bandwurmwörter, or tapeworm words, because they curl on and on at great length. The usage is doubly humorous because "Bandwurmwort" is itself a tapeworm word! (P.S. I didn't lose control of my caps lock key; nouns in German are always capitalized, even if they occur in the Middle of a Sentence.) Although long words can be created in German some words that are generally accepted can be long, some examples include:
Büstenhalter, Geschlechtsverkehr, Geschirrspülmaschine, Elektrogeräte.
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According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest German word ever is Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtenge...(Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services) with 79 letters.
The longest German word in common usage is Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (legal protection insurance companies) with 39 letters.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest German word ever is Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft(Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services) with 79 letters.
The longest German word in common usage is Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (legal protection insurance companies) with 39 letters.
Donaudampfschiffarhtsgesellschaftskapitan - Danube steam ship captain
Betäubungsmittelverschreibungsverordnung - regulation requiring anesthetic
Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister - head district chimney sweep
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft - association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services
Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften - legal protection insurance companies
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz - beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest German word ever is Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft(Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services) with 79 letters.
The longest German word in common usage is Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften(legal protection insurance companies) with 39 letters.
Between 500,000 and 3 million.
Some German words that start with the letter O are Opa, Oma and oberflächlich.
Mein
Mein
Zins is related to some German words. It is most likely an older German name.
Some English words come from forms that used either Y or I to indicate their pronunciation as a long I. The word "kind" is from Old English gecynde ("natural"). German words with kind have a short I sound.
einige gemeinsame Wörter
means .
Über, Kindergarten, spiel
Scroll down to related links and look at "German words and phrasings". Hello - Hallo How are you? -Wie geht es dir? What´s your name? -Wie heißt du? Can you teach me some German words? - Kannst du mir ein paar deutsche Wörter beibringen?
German IMO, although they are close in some ways. Many Spanish words seem to have English roots which makes it a little easier. Spanish is Latin and many English words are from Latin. For example Quadro for quad. But the hardest languages are Ukrainian and languages that not only are long, but by the way you pronounce the words.
Meerjungfrau (in german)for mermaid
Geschenke Gerat Geburtstag Geil