The longest words in the world's languages
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu · Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine · Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur. (Updated Aug 4, 2024.)
The 85-letter name of a New Zealand hill, a 70-letter Turkish giant, Germany's repealed beef-labelling law and Finnish's aircraft-jet-engine mechanic: the longest words in different languages.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?
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Top 14
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Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
85 letters. A Maori hill name in New Zealand.
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Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine
70 letters. Turkish: "as if you were one of those we might not be able to make unsuccessful".
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Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur
64 letters. Icelandic: the key ring of the outer door of the road workers' tool shed.
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Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
63 letters. German: the beef-labelling supervision law, repealed in 2013.
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Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas
61 letters. Finnish: an NCO student training as an aircraft jet-engine assistant mechanic.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
58 letters. A village in Wales.
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Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedenplan
53 letters. Dutch: the plan for the preparations of a children's carnival parade.
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Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhänkään
52 letters. Finnish's famous inflected giant.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
45 letters. English: a lung disease caused by silica dust.
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Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän
42 letters. German: Danube steamship company captain.
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Sadyovakritanashanashatasahasranamastotram
42 letters. Sanskrit: a hymn of a thousand names.
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
34 letters. Mary Poppins's famous word.
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Tweedehandsemotorverkoopsmanne
30 letters. Afrikaans: second-hand car salesmen.
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Aristophanes' dish
An invented Greek dish name from the comedy "Assemblywomen", over 170 letters long.
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