bauunterbeamtengesellschaft is the longest word in the German language at 79 letters,
but is truly an impractical word that will never actually be used in day to day conversation.
It means "association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the
Danube steamboat electrical services." The word was made just to lengthen the word
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän which means "Danube steamship company captain."
Another long German word is Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
which is 63 letters. The word means "beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law." Again
it is not a very practical word, but the German language makes it possible to combine different words and
descriptions into one giant word that would normally be 4-5 words in the english language. This particular
word was the longest word in the German language in 1999 and won an award for word of the year.
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