Adam Katz wrote: > The multi-lingual dictionary that I use for this kind of purpose has > 132 words that are 29+ characters. Its longest word is 58 characters: > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a large > village on the Welsh island of Anglesey, see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll for more. Wikipedia > also notes a hill in New Zealand (short name Taumata) with an even > longer name. The next longest word is > pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis with 45 letters. German > words, which I would have expected to take the cake, seem to be > limited to 35 or so letters.
From: http://german.about.com/library/blwort_long.htm Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft /Per Jessen, Zürich
