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Ostfriese · 03-24-24, 01:31 AM

The German language allows to chain nouns together to form new nouns, and in theory there's no limit, so basically you can chain as many nouns together as you want.

Officially, the longest German word is Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübert ragungsverordnung with 67 letters, a legal term not commonly used in everyday- language.It contains the nouns

Grundstück (a plot of land)
Verkehr (traffic)
Genehmigung (approval/permission)
Zuständigkeit (responsibility/competency)
Übertragung (transfer)
Verordnung (legal decree).

For the first five an "s" is added to show the genitive case.

The word roughly translates as "decree which regulates the transfer of responsibilty for permitting traffic on a plot of land".

Edit: for some reason the forum added an empty space in the word after the 50th letter - don't ask me why.

03-24-24, 01:31 AM	#3361
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The German language allows to chain nouns together to form new nouns, and in theory there's no limit, so basically you can chain as many nouns together as you want. Officially, the longest German word is Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübert ragungsverordnung with 67 letters, a legal term not commonly used in everyday- language.It contains the nouns Grundstück (a plot of land) Verkehr (traffic) Genehmigung (approval/permission) Zuständigkeit (responsibility/competency) Übertragung (transfer) Verordnung (legal decree). For the first five an "s" is added to show the genitive case. The word roughly translates as "decree which regulates the transfer of responsibilty for permitting traffic on a plot of land". Edit: for some reason the forum added an empty space in the word after the 50th letter - don't ask me why. Last edited by Ostfriese; 03-24-24 at 01:41 AM.