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This article describes some of the longest words in the German language.

Long words

The table below consists of the longest words in the German language along with disputes as to why they may not be considered the longest German word.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Part of speech	Translation	Dispute	Ref.
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft	79	22	noun	Association for Subordinate Officials of the Main Maintenance Building of Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft	Not in the dictionary.	^[1]
siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig	65	20	noun	Seven hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred seventy-seven	Not in the dictionary.
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz^[a]	63	18	noun	The law concerning the delegation of duties for the supervision of cattle marking and the labelling of beef	Not in the dictionary and only used in official German government documents. Law of which it is the name of has been repealed.	^[2] ^[3]
rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften	39	10	noun	Insurance companies that provide legal protection	Not in the dictionary.	^[4]
kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungen	38	10	noun	Automobile liability insurances		^[5]^[6]
anticonstitucionalmente	23	9	adverb	anticonstitutionally		^[7]
electroencefalografista	23	10	noun	electroencephalographer		^[8]^[9]
esternocleidomastoideo	22	9	noun	sternocleidomastoid		^[10]^[11]
electroencefalografía	21	10	noun	electroencephalography		^[11]^[12]
otorrinolaringológico	21	10	adjective	otorhinolaryngological		^[13]
internacionalización	20	8	noun	internationalization		^[14]
electroencefalograma	20	9	noun	electroencephalogram		^[11]^[15]
otorrinolaringología	20	10	noun	otorhinolaryngology		^[16]
electrocardiografía	19	9	noun	electrocardiography		^[17]^[18]
desafortunadamente	18	8	adjective	unfortunately		^[19]
anticonstitucional	18	7	adjective	anticonstitutional		^[20]
desconsoladamente	17	7	adverb	disconsolately		^[21]
interculturalidad	17	7	noun	interculturality		^[22]
arteriosclerosis	16	6	noun	arteriosclerosis		^[11]^[23]
electrodoméstico	16	7	noun	home appliance		^[11]^[24]
inconstitucional	16	6	adjective	unconstitutional		^[25]
limpiaparabrisas	16	7	noun	windshield wiper		^[26]
inexorablemente	15	7	adverb	inexorably		^[27]
paralelepípedo	14	7	noun	parallelepiped		^[11]^[28]

Notes

^ Abbreviated as RkReÜAÜG

References

^ Ltd, Not Panicking (20 December 2007). "h2g2 - The Longest German Word - Edited Entry". h2g2.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
^ Connolly, Kate (June 3, 2013). "Germany's longest compound word consigned to history". The Guardian.
^ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013.
^ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. …although Guinness World Records also records Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (39 letters, meaning "insurance firms providing legal protection").
^ "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. The longest word to be found in the dictionary is kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung (36 letters) meaning "automobile liability insurance"…
^ "Why Germans bid 'Auf Wiedersehen' to the longest word in the language". CTV News. June 4, 2013. The longest word in the standard German dictionary is Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung – which is the word for motor vehicle liability insurance.
^ Cite error: The named reference Sundem was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Erichsen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference electroencefalografista was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference RAE_esterno was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cuáles son las palabras más largas en español (y cuales son las falsas o inventadas)". Solosequenosenada (in Spanish). 2 April 2010.
^ "electroencefalografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "otorrinolaringológico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "internacionalización". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
^ "electroencefalograma". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "otorrinolaringología". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "electrocardiografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "Separar en sílabas la palabra: electrocardiografiamente". Buscapalabras. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
^ "desafortunadamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "anticonstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "desconsoladamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "interculturalidad". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
^ "arteriosclerosis". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "electrodoméstico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "inconstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "limpiaparabrisas". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^ "inexorablemente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^ "paralelepípedo". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[2] Abbreviated as RkReÜAÜG

[1] Ltd, Not Panicking (20 December 2007). "h2g2 - The Longest German Word - Edited Entry". h2g2.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.

[3] Connolly, Kate (June 3, 2013). "Germany's longest compound word consigned to history". The Guardian.

[4] "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013.

[5] "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. …although Guinness World Records also records Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (39 letters, meaning "insurance firms providing legal protection").

[6] "German dictionary: So long, long words?". BBC News. June 4, 2013. The longest word to be found in the dictionary is kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung (36 letters) meaning "automobile liability insurance"…

[7] "Why Germans bid 'Auf Wiedersehen' to the longest word in the language". CTV News. June 4, 2013. The longest word in the standard German dictionary is Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung – which is the word for motor vehicle liability insurance.

[Sundem-8] Cite error: The named reference Sundem was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Erichsen-9] Cite error: The named reference Erichsen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[electroencefalografista-10] Cite error: The named reference electroencefalografista was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[RAE_esterno-11] Cite error: The named reference RAE_esterno was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Solosequenosenada-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cuáles son las palabras más largas en español (y cuales son las falsas o inventadas)". Solosequenosenada (in Spanish). 2 April 2010.

[13] "electroencefalografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[14] "otorrinolaringológico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[15] "internacionalización". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-18.

[16] "electroencefalograma". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[17] "otorrinolaringología". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[18] "electrocardiografía". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[19] "Separar en sílabas la palabra: electrocardiografiamente". Buscapalabras. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

[20] "desafortunadamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[21] "anticonstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[22] "desconsoladamente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[23] "interculturalidad". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-12.

[24] "arteriosclerosis". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[25] "electrodoméstico". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[26] "inconstitucional". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[27] "limpiaparabrisas". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[28] "inexorablemente". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2019-03-01.

[29] "paralelepípedo". RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

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