The Longest Words From Around The World

style="text-align:justify;"> The longest word in the world is an amazing 189,819 letter word. The longest word coined by a major author is a 183 letter word.

What’s the longest word in your language/dialect?

I am a Filipino and I speak Filipino. It is the official language of the Philippines, my native land. The longest known word in Filipino is“Nagsisipagsinungasinungalingan”. It has 30 letters and means pretending as if telling lies. The root word is "sinungaling" or "lie".

There are scores of different languages in the world. Here are the longest words from the major languages worldwide.

1.) Swedish

The longest Swedish word according to Guinness World Records is

“Nordöstersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten”. It has 130 letters and it means “Coast artillery flight searching simulator area material maintaining follow-up system discussion post preparation tasks of the Northern Baltic Sea”. In the Swedish language, two words can be written together to form new words. Multiple words can be put together to make even longer word.

2.) Maori

The longest Maori word is the proper noun “Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaewhenuakitanatahu”. It has 85 letters and is the longest place name in the Maori language. It is also the longest place name in an English-speaking country.

3.) German

The longest published word in German is

“Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitatenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft”.

It contains 79 letters which means “Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services”

4.) Turkish

The longest Turkish word is “muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine”. It is a 70 letter word which means “Like you are from those we could not make easily a maker of unsuccessful ones”.

5.) Polish

The longest word in the Polish language is “dziewięćsetdziewięćdziesięciodziewięcionarodowościowego’. It has 54 letters and it means “of nine-hundred-ninety-nine nationalities”.

6.) Danish

The longest Danish word is “Speciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode”. It has 51 and is the longest Danish word that has been used in an official context. This very long word means “Period of stability planning for specialist doctor practice”.

7.) Welsh

The longest Welsh word is “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”. This 51 letter long word is the name of a railway station on the island of Anglesey in Wales which means “St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave”.

8.) Dutch

The longest Dutch word is “Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden”. It has 49 letters and it means “preparation activities for a children’s carnival procession”.

9.) Portuguese

The longest Portuguese word is the 46 letter word

“pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconióticos”. It is the carrier of the disease pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

10.) Hungarian

The longest Hungarian is “Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért”. It has 44 letters and it means “for your keeping behaving as if you could not be profaned”.

11.) Russian

The longest Russian word is “nikotinamidadenindinukleotidfosfatgidrin”. It has 40 letters which means nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.

12.) Slovak

The longest Slovak word is “Znajneprekryštalizovávateľnejšievajúcimi”. It is 40 letters long which means with “most anti crystallizing” in plural.

13.) Bulgarian

The longest Bulgarian word is “Ne protivokonstitutsionstvuvatelstvuvate”. It means “Do not act against the Constitution” and has 39 letters. "

14.) Norwegian

The longest Norwegian word is “menneskerettighetsorganisasjonene” it contains 33 letters and it means “the organizations of human rights”. In theory, it is possible in Norwegian language to make word as long as one wants. For example, “menneskerettighetsorganisasjonssekretæren” it means “'the secretary of an organization of human rights”.

15.) Lithuanian

The longest word in the Lithuanian language is the word is “nebeprisikiskiakopusteliaudavone”. It is 32 letters long which means “to pick wood-sorrels”.

16.) Filipino

Filipino is the official language of the Philippines, my native land.

The longest known word in Filipino is “Nagsisipagsinungasinungalingan”. It has 30 letters and means pretending as if telling lies. The root word is "sinungaling" or "lie".

17.) Icelandic

The longest Icelandic word is “Hæstaréttarmálaflutningsmaður”. It has 29 letters and means “Supreme Court barrister”.

18.) Latvian

The longest Latvian word is “Pretpulksteņrādītājvirziens”. It has 27 letters and means Counter-clockwise direction.

19.) Italian

The longest Italian word is “precipitevolissimevolmente”. It is an adverb and has 26 letters.

20.) French

The longest word in French is “anticonstitutionnellement”. It is an adverb and has 25 letters. It means “unconstitutionally”.

21.) Spanish

The longest Spanish word is “electroencefalografistas”. It is a 24 letter word which is referred to people who practice electroencephalography. The 27 letter word “superextraordinarísimamente”, which means “extremely superextraordinary’, has been challenged for lack of popular use.

22.) Serbian

The longest Serbian word is “prestolonaslednikovica”. It is a 24 letter word which means “the throne successor’s wife”.

23.) Hawaiian

The longest Hawaiian word is “Humuhumunukunukuapua'a”. It is a proper noun and has 21 letters. It is the name of the Hawaiian state fish which is commonly known as the Wedge-Tail Triggerfish.

24.) Hebrew

The longest word in Hebrew is “ukhshele-entziclopedioteinu”. It has 19 letters and it means “and when to our encyclopedias”.

25.) Vietnamese

The Vietnamese language like Chinese language, do not have long words. The longest Vietnamese word is the 7 letter word “nghieng”which means ‘inclined’.

See also

*English Words with Unique Plural Forms

*Lost and Found Myths of Two Most Used Hand Gestures and a Popular Word

*100 Different Body Parts and Related Things with Their Corresponding Medical terms

*World’s Longest English Sentences and Longest Words