I had a quick look at my Afrikaans woordeboek and it seems there are only a handful longer than 16 letters. One of my favourite words, verkleurmannetjie,
(a chameleon) is just 17. Unlike German which tends to compound words until some reach a tremendous length, Afrikaans keeps things simple.
If you only count words with two or more letters there are 93 words:EHELENESHEHIINISLINESHSIELSENGENSGELGENGHIGIEGINHENHESHIEHINHISINSLEGLEILIELINLISNILSEGSEISELSENSHESINEGISELHIENGSGELSGENSGHISGIENGIESGINSGLENHEILHENSHIESHINSHISNISLELEGSLEISLENSLIENLIESLINELINGLINSNIGHNILSSHINSIGHSIGNSINESINGSINHGLENSHEILSHINGEINGLELENISLIENSLINESLINGSNEIGHNIGHSSEGNISENGISHIELSHINESINGESLINGHINGESINGLESNEIGHSSINGLESLEIGHENGLISHSHINGLE
Simply a word is a combination of 2 or more then 2 letters. So, in average the number of words is 30 to 35 that will contain 100 letters.
It depends on the length of each word in letters (characters). The average length of a word in a document is 5 letters - shorter words appear more often. -- The answer above contains 125 characters: 119 letters, 1 number, and 5 punctuation marks, for a total of 27 words and 1 number.
Afrikaans has a few, so take your pick. kraaksinnig waansinnig These two a bit more informal: mal gek
There are 3 letters: B, A, and N. The A is repeated twice more and the N once more.
Four or more letter words that can be made from the letters in BACKBONE are:acneaeonbabebackbaconbakebancobanebankbeaconbeakbeanbeckbeckonbockbonecakecanecanoecokeconeconkebonkenoknobkoannabobnecknockoakenoceanonce
30, may be more are there..artarcrotherhoptoptoerateatpattapgapgetcaphatgraphgottrappartcartcagepagetagcrapgraperapepoetgoatgreatrap
there are 20 words
Some words that can be made using the letters of "salami" are:AliasMailSailSlamSlimAim
If you only count words with two or more letters there are 93 words:EHELENESHEHIINISLINESHSIELSENGENSGELGENGHIGIEGINHENHESHIEHINHISINSLEGLEILIELINLISNILSEGSEISELSENSHESINEGISELHIENGSGELSGENSGHISGIENGIESGINSGLENHEILHENSHIESHINSHISNISLELEGSLEISLENSLIENLIESLINELINGLINSNIGHNILSSHINSIGHSIGNSINESINGSINHGLENSHEILSHINGEINGLELENISLIENSLINESLINGSNEIGHNIGHSSEGNISENGISHIELSHINESINGESLINGHINGESINGLESNEIGHSSINGLESLEIGHENGLISHSHINGLE
In Afrikaans, "wishing you many more" can be translated as "wens jou baie meer toe."
2 or more
How many words can you find in the word capillaries
Some lovely words that you can make with the letters in 'maslkfakieo' are:aimaislealikealoeelfemailfameflamefolkkoilakeleilifelikelimoloafmealsmilkoaksafesailsalamiseasilkskoalsmilesofasomeThere are many more words that can be made with those letters but these are the 'loveliest' words.
Simply a word is a combination of 2 or more then 2 letters. So, in average the number of words is 30 to 35 that will contain 100 letters.
It is more than 12 of them.
about 15, maybe more