# The longest words in the world's languages

The 85-letter name of a New Zealand hill, a 70-letter Turkish giant, Germany's repealed beef-labelling law and Finnish's aircraft-jet-engine mechanic: the longest words in different languages. Can you pronounce them?

- 0 votes · 14 items
- Aug 4, 2024 · historybuff_grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/3749/the-longest-words-in-the-world-s-languages

## Top 14

1. **Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 85 letters. A Maori hill name in New Zealand.
2. **Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 70 letters. Turkish: "as if you were one of those we might not be able to make unsuccessful".
3. **Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 64 letters. Icelandic: the key ring of the outer door of the road workers' tool shed.
4. **Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 63 letters. German: the beef-labelling supervision law, repealed in 2013.
5. **Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 61 letters. Finnish: an NCO student training as an aircraft jet-engine assistant mechanic.
6. **Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 58 letters. A village in Wales.
7. **Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedenplan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 53 letters. Dutch: the plan for the preparations of a children's carnival parade.
8. **Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhänkään** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 52 letters. Finnish's famous inflected giant.
9. **Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 45 letters. English: a lung disease caused by silica dust.
10. **Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 42 letters. German: Danube steamship company captain.
11. **Sadyovakritanashanashatasahasranamastotram** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 42 letters. Sanskrit: a hymn of a thousand names.
12. **Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 34 letters. Mary Poppins's famous word.
13. **Tweedehandsemotorverkoopsmanne** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 30 letters. Afrikaans: second-hand car salesmen.
14. **Aristophanes' dish** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An invented Greek dish name from the comedy "Assemblywomen", over 170 letters long.

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