(Note: If you see the word and
a - symbol, it means the word
continues to the next line
until there are no more
- symbols.)
There are words in all different languages,
and can only be counted as the word with
the most letters in their language, and not
compared against other languages' long words.
The reason is that different languages
have different amounts of letters
or symbols in their alphabets,
so a word can only count
within its own language.
Here are a few:
Dutch:
Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswe- rkzaamheden
Korean: Noranmokparandordrebuntigee
English:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsili-
covolcanoconiosis
German:
(In German, a word can be as long as you like, but here is an example of a long German word.)
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetrie- bswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
Finnish: Kaksitariffikolmivaihevaihtovirtakilowattitunti- mittari
Greek:
λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδ- ριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακε- χυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφ- αττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκι- γκλοπελειολαγῳοσι- ραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων
which is translated into English as:
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokraniol- eipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiopar- aomelitokatakechymenokichlep- ikossyphophattoperisteralektryono- ptekephalliokigklo- peleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
Slovak:
Najneobhospodarovavatelnejsieho
Maori:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateat- uripukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhen- uakitanatahu
Spanish:
superextraordinarísimamente
Turkish:
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebile- ceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine
Welsh:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobw- llllantysiliogogogoch
Italian: precipitevolissimevolmente
Chemical terms come into play, but are not necessarily counted as words.
Out of interest, here is the longest chemical term: ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYL SERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLVALYLPHE- NYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLA- SPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLEUCYLASPA- RAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLGLY- CYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYL- THREONYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLTHRE- ONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMIN- YLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLLY- SYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLTHRE- ONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLASPARTYL- VALYLTYROSYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYLARGINYLTYROSYLASPARA- GINYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLISOLEUC- YLTHREONYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLTHREONYLPHENY- LALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLI- SOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYL- GLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLPROLYLTHREONYLTHREONYLA- LANYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONY- LARGINYLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYL- VALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLI- SOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMYL- LEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYLTHREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSY- LASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYLPHENYLALA- NYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYP- TOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE
Another of one of the world's longest words, which, yet again, doesn't technically
qualify because it is a protein. Here it is anyway:
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutam-
ylserylleucylphen
ylalanylalanylglutaminylle-
ucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylgluta
mylglysylalanylphenylalanylvalylpro-
lylphenylalanylyalylthre
onylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylg-
licylisoleucyglutamylgluta
minlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl-
threonylleucylisoleu
cylglutamylalanylglyclyalanylaspart-
ylalanylleucyglutamylle
ucylgluycylisoleucylproluylphenyl-
alanyserylaspartyprolylleu
celalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreo-
nylisolleucyglutaminylaspa
raginylalanythreonylleucylarginyl-
alanylphenylalanylalanylal
anylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalan-
ylglutaminylcysteinylphen
ylalanylglglutamylmethionylleuc-
yalanylleucylisoleucylarginyl
glutaminyllysylhistidylprolyuthre-
onylisoleucylprolylisoleuc
ylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyros-
ylalanylasbaraginylleucyl
valylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysy-
lglycylisoleucylaspartylglut
amylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanyl-
glutaminylcysteinylglutamyll
ysylvalylglycylvalylspartylserylva-
lylleucylvallalanylaspart
ylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylglutam-
ylserylalanylprolylpheny
lalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleu-
cylarginylhistidylasp
araginylvalylalalprolylisoleucylphe-
nylalanylisoleucylcystei
nylprolyprolylaspartylalanylaspa-
rtylaspartyspartyleucylle
ucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylala-
nylseryltyroslglycylargin
ylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleuc-
ylleucylserylarginlalanyl
glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglut-
amylasparaginylarginyla
nylalanylleucylprolylleucylaspaagin-
ylhistidylleucylvalylalan
yllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylas-
paragimylalanylalanypro
lylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenl-
alanylglycylisoleyucyls
erylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylv-
alyllysylalanylalanylisol
eucylalspartylalanylglycylalanylala-
nylglycylalanylasoleucylse
rylglycylserylalanylisoleucylbalyllys-
ylisoleucylisoleucylgluta
mylglutaminylhistidylasparaginyliso-
leucylglutamylpronylglu
tamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalan-
yoeucyllysylvalylpheny
lalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyll-
ysylalanylalanylthreo
nylarginylserine
Envelope
the word is ...(brace yourself!) Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It has 45 letters and is the longest word in most major English dictionaries.
What country in the world sends the most letters abroad
1909
NCVI are the 4 most important letters
Liechtenstein is a country. The name includes thirteen letters. It is the country that has the most letters in its spelling.
Cat
One very long word that starts with m is: microcryptocrystalline (22 letters)
Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest non-technical word with 28 letters
Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl...isoleucine. It has 189819 letters and the longest word in the world.
Massachusetts.
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