I see clever Twitter users asking ‘What’s the German word for…’ some obscure feeling, because German often has very specific words for very specific circumstances. You know, those super-long, extra complicated-looking strings of letters that stop non-German speakers in their tracks. Surely some of the joy of learning German is the compound word. However, there is no evidence that the suborganization ever existed.Don’t break the Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung!* The DDSG still exists today in the form of the now private companies DDSG-Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH (passenger transport) and the DDSG-Cargo GmbH. It allegedly was a suborganization of the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (DDSG) in pre-war Vienna (Austria) a shipping company for transporting passengers and cargo on the Danube. This word is listed in the Guinness book of records.
Meaning: law for the delegation of monitoring beef labelling – this is the the longest “authentic” word in the German language.ĭonaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunter-beamtengesellschaft (79 letters)Īssociation for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services.
Meaning: Danube steamship company captain Meaning: shop that lends floor sanding machinesĭonaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (41 letters) Here are the examples of the longest words in German:įußbodenschleifmaschinenverleih (31 letters) Sometimes they’re so long that they make it to the Guinness Book of World Records! German language is known for its long words, especially in the common technical and scientific language.
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