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Because German is an "agglutinative" language, meaning a language in which words are made up | Because German is an "agglutinative" language, meaning a language in which words are made up of distinct other component of meaning, words can be extremely longs. | ||
Actually, the following word is the longest of European languages: | |||
'''Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft''', the longest German word has 79 letters | '''Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft''', the longest German word has 79 letters | ||
It would be translated in English into 15 words "Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services." | It would be translated in English into 15 words "Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services." | ||
Revision as of 22:27, 13 November 2016
Because German is an "agglutinative" language, meaning a language in which words are made up of distinct other component of meaning, words can be extremely longs.
Actually, the following word is the longest of European languages:
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft, the longest German word has 79 letters
It would be translated in English into 15 words "Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services."