Languages' longest words competition

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  1. Wise owl chick

    Wise owl chick Active Member

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    The European Union website has put that this are the longest words:

    Which is your favourite?

    Mine is nebeprisikiškiakopūsteliaudavome, we didn't pick rabbit cabbage. (Lithuanian) hahahaa


    German

    Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
    meaning “the law concerning the delegation of duties for the supervision of cattle marking and the labeling of beef’ is 63 letters long.

    Ancient Greek (Aristophanes - 183 letters)

    lopado-temacho-selacho-galeo-kranio-leipsano-drim-hupotrimmatosilphio-karabo-melito-katakechumeno-kichl-epikossuphophatto-peristeralektruon-opto-kephallio-kigklo-peleio-lagoio-siraio-baphe-traganopterugon
    meaning a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, fowl and sauces.

    German:
    Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsmütze
    (48 letters) A cap used by a captain on the river of Donau.

    Dudelsackspfeifenmachergesellenprüfung
    (38 letters) exam for those who want to become a specialist in making pipes for bagpipes.

    Dutch: 48 letters
    kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden
    preparation activities for a children’s carnival procession

    Hungarian:
    megszentségtelenithetetlenségeskedéseltekért
    (44 letters) “for your unprofaneable actions”

    legmegvesztegethetetlenebbek
    (28 letters) the least corruptible ones

    Latin: 27 letters
    honorificabilitudinitatibus
    the state of being able to achieve honours (the longest word in Shakespeare from Love’s Labour’s Lost)

    Danish:
    arbejdsløshedsunderstøttelse
    (28 letters) unemployment benefit

    tilpasningsvanskeligheder
    (25 letters) adjustment difficulties

    Croatian: 26 letters
    prijestolonaslijednikovica
    the wife of a heir to the throne

    Czech: 30 letters
    nejneobhospodařovávatelnějšími
    the less farmed

    English

    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
    (English: 45 letters) the longest word in a major dictionary, a technical word for a lung disease created by silica dust inhalation

    supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    (English: 34 letters; from the Mary Poppins film and musical with a fanciful defintion)

    hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism
    (English: 33 letters) which means the love of long words

    pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
    (English: 30 letters) the longest noncoined word in a major dictionary for a specific inherited medical disorder

    floccinaucinihilipilification
    (English: 29 letters coined in 1741) meaning the categorizing of something that is useless or trivial (the longest unchallenged non-technical word)

    antidisestablishmentarianism
    (English: 28 letters) the longest non-coined and non-technical word

    Estonian: 19 letters
    raudteeülesõidukoht
    train crossing point

    Finnish:
    25 letters

    käsipyyherullajärjestelmä
    an automatic towel system for drying your hands

    French: 25 letters
    anticonstitutionnellement

    unconstitutionally

    Italian:precipitevolissimevolmente
    (26 letters) in a too precipitate way

    psiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia
    (30 letters) is a discipline that deals with the relationship between the functioning of the nervous system, the immune system and the endocrine system

    Romanian:
    otorinolaringologie

    (19 letters) Otorhinolaringology

    sternocleidomastoidian (22 letters) The sternocleidomastoid muscle is located in the front of the neck

    Lithuanian: 30 letters
    nebeprisikiškiakopūsteliaudavome
    we didn't pick rabbit cabbage


    Polish: 31 letters

    konstantynopolitańczykiewiczówna
    a girl living in Constantinople (modern Istanbul)


    Bulgarian: 40 letters

    neprotivokonstitutsionstvuvatelstvuvayte
    something against constitution

    Greek:
    υποδηματοεπιδιορθωτήριον
    (24 letters) By mending shoes

    ωτορινολαρυγγολόγος

    (19 letters) otolaryngologist (throat-ear-nose specialist)

    ακτινοχρυσοφαιδροβροντολαμπροφεγγοφωτοστόλιστος
    (47 letters) dressed in golden-shining, thundering and incandescent clothes

    σκουληκομυρμηγκότρυπα

    (21 letters) a hole with ants and worms

    Portuguese: 29 letters
    Anticonstitucionalissimamente
    of or against the constitution of a state, organization

    Serbian: 22 lettersprestolonaslednikovica
    wife of Crown Prince

    Turkish:
    28 letters

    Afyonkarahisarlilardanlarmış

    They are said to belong to the family that came from Afyonkarahisar

    Slovenian: 24 letters
    starocerkvenoslovanščina

    Old Church Slavik Language

    Slovak: 24 letters
    najnevypočítavateľnejší
    the most difficult exaple to calculate
  2. Big_Dog

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    достопримечательность is probably the longest Russian word I've learned (attraction, as in "tourist attraction")
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