What is the word with the most letters in the world?

Answer 1

(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