[Lexicog] Long compound words

[Dr. Fritz Goerling]

Giant word formations seem to exist in Finnish, too: http://telefinn.blogspot.de/2011/02/giantwordformations.html


From: Dr. Fritz Goerling 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 9:50 AM
To: yahoogroups lexicographylist 
Subject: [Lexicog] Long compound words


  

Are there any other languages with such long compound words ? 



           
     Germany Drops 63-Letter-Long Word From Official Usage

      http://www.businessinsider.com/rindfleischetikettierungsberwachungsaufgabenbertragungsgesetz-2013-6

      Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
     


Or see: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/germans-word-long-language

Fritz Goerling

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