[Lexicog] Long compound words

Dr. Fritz Goerling fritz.goerling at YAHOO.DE
Tue Jun 4 07:50:02 UTC 2013


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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