Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Longest-words

The longest words in Germanic languages

German

• Telekommunikationskundenschutzverordnung (40 letters), which means telecommunication customer security regulation.

Dutch 

*ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsorganisatie (37 letters) which means cooperation development organisation.

Swedish

realisationsvinstbeskattning (28 letters), where we also need to use 3 words: capital gains tax.

Danish

• speciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode (51 letters)
• ejendomsserviceassistentuddannelsen (35 letters)

The longest words in Slavic languages

Slovak

• najneobhospodárovateľnejší (26 letters). it means the most uncultivable.

Czech 

• nejneobhospodařovávatelnější (28 letters). it means the most uncultivable.

Polish

• Konstantynopolitańczykowianeczka (32 letters) which means the single daughter of a Constantinople resident.  
• prawicowonacjonalistyczny (25 letters), which means right-wing nationalistic.

Croatian

prijestolonasljednikovica (25 letters), translated as heiress to the throne.

Slovenia 

• dialektičnomaterialističen (26 letters), which translates from Slovenian as dialectical-materialistic.

Bulgarian

• Непротивоконституционствувателствувайте (39 letters) which means Do not act against the constitution!

The longest words in Romance languages

Spanish

• electroencefalografista (23 letters), which means health worker who works the electroencephalogram, i.e. the machine for brain imaging.

Italian

• precipitevolissimevolmente (26 letters). It’s an adverb, which in English means very fast or swiftly.

Portuguese

anticonstitucionalissimamente (29 letters) which means unconstitutionally. The word in Portuguese is anticonstitucionalissimamente (29 letters) and

French

• intergouvernementalisation (26 letters), expressing a transfer of an issue to the international level.

• anticonstitutionellement (24 letters) which means unconstitutionally. 

The longest words in Baltic languages

Latvian

• pretpulksteņrādītājvirziens (27 letters), which may be translated as counterclockwise.

Lithuanian

• ebeprisikiškiakopūsteliaudavome (32 letters), derived from the verb nebeprisikiškiakopūsteliauti, expressing past tense and the iterative aspect. The basic form of the verb means not to pick up oxalis anymore.

The longest words in Uralic and Altaic languages

Hungarian

• folyamatellenőrzésiügyosztályvezetőhelyettesképesítésvizsgálat (62 letters), translated as expertise examination of deputy manager of the process management department.

Estonian

• sünnipäevanädalalõpupeopärastlõunaväsimatus (43 letters). This very specific word could be described as a Sunday evening filled with energy after a weekend birthday party.

Turkish

• ademimerkeziyetçilik (20 letters), meaning decentralization.

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Sources

https://www.lexika-translations.com/blog/the-longest-words-in-various-languages/

https://www.digitalspy.com/fun/a444700/longest-word-has-189819-letters-takes-three-hours-to-pronounce/