German is not the only agglutinating language there are actually quite a number of them and Finnish is one of them. Their longest accepted word is a word 61 letters long! And, as in German, it is also a profession. The real question is: have you ever really used them ?!)Īlso Read: Top 10 most spoken languages in the world Finnish German is a well-known language for having very lengthy words since it is an agglutinating language. That is, a language that puts short words together to create longer, more descriptive words. Finding the longest German word is difficult because, like in English, there is a lot of debate around what a word really is. The longest accepted German word is Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän which means “captain of the Danube steamboat company”. Cool job, cool word. It is made up of 42 letters. (I’m ready for the Germans among you to tell me what other long words you have. Longest words in the world in different languages German Is it a German word? I can already hear you asking me the question. German is famous for its long words, but it is not the language with the longest word in the world. And, frankly, the longest word in the world is a bit controversial. If you are suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words), be strong because we are about to take a look at some of the longest words in the world.
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