Long word

The Germans are renowned for their love of long words, but they are not the only ones who like to create complex compound words as nouns. The Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes coined the 183 lettered

lopado-temacho-selacho-galeo-kranio-leipsano-drim-hupotrimmatosilphio-karabo-melito-katakechumeno-kichl-epikossuphophatto-peristeralektruon-opto-kephallio-kigklo-peleio-lagoio-siraio-baphe-traganopterugon

meaning a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, fowl and sauces. 

* The concept and examples featured on this page have been provided by Adam Jacot de Boinod.

Language Word Examples (Common, Technical & Constructed)
AlbanianCommonZëvendëskryeredaktori (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)ConstructedKundërzhurmëkrijuesabërësave (Anti-noise-creator-doer)
BasqueCommonPagatzaurtunduagoienengoa (Basque surname)
Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea /Basque town name)
BulgarianConstructedNeprotivokonstitutsionstvuvatelstvuvayte (Do not act in an unconstitutional manner)
CatalanCommonAnticonstitucionalment (Unconstitutionally)
CroatianCommonPrijestolonaslijednikovica (Heir presumptive)
CzechConstructedNejneobhospodarovávatelnejšími (The most unmanageable)
DanishCommonØkonomiprofessorassistentsuddannelse (Economics Professor Assistant Education)TechnicalSpeciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode (Specialist practice planning stabilization period)
DutchCommonKindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden (Children's carnival parade preparation activities)ConstructedHottentottententententoonstellingsterrein (Hottentot tent exhibition area)
EnglishCommonAntidisestablishmentarianism
FloccinaucinihilipilificationTechnicalPneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
PseudopseudohypoparathyroidismConstructedSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
EstonianCommonRaudteeülesõidukoht (Railway crossing)
FinnishCommonPeruspalveluliikelaitoskuntayhtymä (Basic Service Enterprise Municipal Corporation)TechnicalLentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (Aircraft jet turbine engine auxiliary mechanic non-commissioned officer student)ConstructedEpäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän (I wonder if even by its lack of being made unsystematic)
FrenchCommonIntergouvernementalisation (Intergovernmentalization)
GermanCommonGeschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (Speed ​​limit)TechnicalGrundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung (Ordinance on the Transfer of Responsibility for Land Transfer Permits)ConstructedDonaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (Danube Steamship Company)
GreekCommonφαλαινοκαρχαρίας (whale shark)Technicalωτορινολαρυγγολόγος (otolaryngologist)Constructedακτινοχρυσοφαιδροβροντολαμπροφεγγοφωτοστόλιστος (radiantgoldenfeatherthunderlightglowinglightdecorated)
HungarianCommonLegmegvesztegethetetlenebbek (The most incorruptible)ConstructedMegszentségtelenithetetlenségeskedéseltekért (For your acts of attempting to behave as if you were indesecratable)
IcelandicConstructedVaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúrslyklakippuhringurinn (The keychain ring of the shed for the road work equipment on Vaðlaheiði)
ItalianCommonPrecipitevolissimevolmente (Very hastily)TechnicalPsiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia (Psychoneuroendocrineimmunology)
LatinCommonHonorificabilitudinitatibus (Honorableness)
LatvianCommonPretpulksteņrādītājvirziens (Counterclockwise)TechnicalMeningoencefalomieloradikuloneirīts (Meningoencephalomyeloradiculoneuritis)
LithuanianCommonNebeprisikiškiakopusteliaudavome (We no longer swear and gossip)
KoreanConstructed청자양인각연당초상감모란문은구대접 (Celadon Bowl with Inlaid Peony and Lotus Scroll Design)
PolishCommonKonstantynopolitańczykowianeczka (Konstantinopolitan girl)
PortugueseCommonAnticonstitucionalissimamente (Unconstitutionally)
RomanianCommonOtorinolaringologie (Otolaryngology)TechnicalSternocleidomastoidian
Pneumoultramicroscopicosilicovulcaniconioza (Pneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)
RussianTechnicalтетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновые (tetrahydropyranylcyclopentyltetrahydropyridopyridine)
SerbianCommonPrestolonaslednikovica (Crown Princess)Constructedдеведесетдеветогодишњакиња (ninety-nine-year-old woman)
SlovenianCommonStarocerkvenoslovanšcina (Old Church Slavonic)TechnicalDialektičnomaterialističen (Dialectical materialist)
SlovakCommonNajnevypočítavatelnejší (The most unpredictable)ConstructedNajneobhospodárovatelnejší (The most unmanageable)
SpanishCommonContrarrevolucionario (Counter-revolutionary)TechnicalElectroencefalografista (electroencephalographer)
SwedishConstructedNordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystem (Northwest Sea Coast Artillery Air Reconnaissance Simulator Facility Material Maintenance Follow-up System)
TamilCommonதிருவாலவாயுடையார்திருவிலையாடற்புராணம் (Thiruvalavayudaiyar Thiruvilayadal Purana)
TurkishCommonAfyonkarahisarlilardanlarmis (Apparently from the people of Afyonkarahisar)ConstructedMuvaffakiyetsizlestiricilestiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmissinizcesine (As if you are one of those whom we might not be able to easily make unsuccessful)
UkrainianTechnicalPентгеноелектрокардіографічного (X-ray electrocardiography)
WelshConstructedLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave)
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