Sunday, March 28, 2010

Longest German Word

A post from Alex:

The longest word in the German language is: Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft, meaning “association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services.” This word is 79 letters long. The reason that such an obscure word exists is because in this language, you can combine German descriptions to make one mega-word.

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