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The longest word in the world has been named: it had 65 letters – don’t even try to read it
02.04.2024 10:29
According to popular belief, the most difficult languages include Arabic, Chinese and Japanese.
Russian is not far behind in this regard, if we recall the words of the Master: “I know five languages, besides my native one: English, French, German, Latin and Greek” from the immortal work of Mikhail Bulgakov.
But the longest word was discovered not in Russian or Chinese, but in German, and it consisted of 65 letters.
History of origin
In fact, the word itself is multi-component and refers to the law that regulated the branding of cattle, and along with it the marking of beef, which was done in order to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.
The law was developed in 1999 in Mecklenburg (north-east Germany).
According to the Associated Press, the word has officially ceased to exist, which would not have happened if not for EU bureaucrats.
Don't even try to read it
The word Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz consists of 65 letters.
The wordsmith, who turned out to be the head of regional agriculture, Till Backhaus, had to explain this name at length.
Since the word has officially “died” in the German dictionary, another, slightly shorter one, is claiming the lead.
This is the word Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenswitwe, into which the Germans managed to cram 47 letters.
The meaning is much more mundane: “the widow of the captain of the Danube Shipping Company.”
Earlier we told you why Ilker Yilmaz got into the Guinness Book of Records .
