{"id":5273,"date":"2014-03-04T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deutschakademie.de\/berlin\/blog\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2022-08-24T14:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:17:22","slug":"longest-german-words-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deutschakademie.de\/berlin\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/longest-german-words-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Longest German Words Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long German words always fascinate people. In June, the longest German word at 63 letters, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rindfleischetikettierungs%C3%BCberwachungsaufgaben%C3%BCbertragungsgesetz\">Rindfleischetikettierungs\u00fcberwachungsaufgaben\u00fcbertragungsgesetz<\/a><\/strong> (which means beef labeling supervision task transfer act) was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2013\/06\/-em-rindfleischetikettierungs-berwachung-saufgaben-bertragungsgesetz-em-germany-says-goodbye-to-its-longest-word\/276492\/\">reportedly kicked out of the Deutsch lexicon<\/a>. However, there are still other long German words, here are some fun examples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung\"><strong>Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung<\/strong> <\/a>= Speed limit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/12\/whom-are-you-calling-partner\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0\"><strong>Freundschaftsbezeigungen<\/strong><\/a> = Friendship demonstrations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/w\/wiki.phtml?search=Stadtverordnetenversammlungen\"><strong>Stadtverordnetenversammlungen<\/strong><\/a> = City Council meetings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=1103\"><strong>Generalstaatsverordnetenversammlungen<\/strong><\/a> = General state council meetings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valentinagurarie.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/03\/hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia\/\"><strong>Kinderbewahrungsanstalten<\/strong><\/a> = Child-care institutions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/article\/index\/245258\/8-of-our-favorite-ridiculously-long-german-words\"><strong>Unabhaengigkeitserklaerungen<\/strong><\/a> = Armistice negotiations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizit%C3%A4tenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft\"><strong>Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizit\u00e4tenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft<\/strong><\/a> = Association for Subordinate Officials of the Head Office Management of the Danube Steamboat Electrical Services<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kfz-Haftpflichtversicherung\"><strong>Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung<\/strong><\/a> = Motor vehicle liability insurance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften\"><strong>Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften<\/strong><\/a> = Insurance companies providing legal protection<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Languages\/Which-language-has-the-most-words\/comment\/164594\"><strong>Aufsichtsratsmitgliederversammlung<\/strong><\/a> = Meeting of members of the supervisory board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long German words always fascinate people. In June, the longest German word at 63 letters, Rindfleischetikettierungs\u00fcberwachungsaufgaben\u00fcbertragungsgesetz (which means beef labeling supervision task transfer act) was reportedly kicked out of the Deutsch lexicon. However, there are still other long German words, here are some fun examples. Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung = Speed limit Freundschaftsbezeigungen = Friendship demonstrations Stadtverordnetenversammlungen = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Longest German Words Ever - Deutschkurs Blog Berlin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deutschakademie.de\/berlin\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/longest-german-words-ever\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nadja Sayej\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.deutschakademie.de\/berlin\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/longest-german-words-ever\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.deutschakademie.de\/berlin\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/longest-german-words-ever\/\",\"name\":\"The Longest German Words Ever - 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