what is the longest word in the world?

Answer 1

SUPERCALOFRAGILISTIC

Answer 2

The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine.

Absolutely true.

Researcher's Note: Do you have any idea how long it took me to copy this down?

Answer 3

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitäten
hauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft


(en: the association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services) was a sub organisation in pre-war Vienna, Austria of the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (DDSG), a shipping company for transporting passengers and cargo on the Danube. The DDSG still exists today in the form of the now private companies DDSG-Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH (passenger transport) and the DDSG-Cargo GmbH.

The name is an example of the virtually unlimited compounding of nouns that is possible in the Germanic languages; with 79 letters, according to the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records, it is the longest word published in the German language.

Extraordinarily long words are used sparsely in German conversation, however more often than, for example, in the English language. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän had been a correct addressing of a captain of one of these pre World War I steamboat ships on the Danube. According to the 1995 Guinness Book of World Records, the longest German word in everyday usage is Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften (insurance companies which provide legal protection), counting 39 characters.

Since the German spelling reform of 1996, "Schiffahrt" is written with three "f"s, so the correct modern spelling in affected countries would use 80 letters, Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.

Answer 4

i researched it and this is the longest i could find, the site said it was the longest word in the world and it didn't seem fake at all, the word is messed up but i'd have to say that this 55 letter word is the longest.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogoch

Answer 5

The question should have been the longest word in Englsih language. "In the world" implies all the world's languages and makes it very difficult to answer, unless we make a call for every nation to find their longest words and then compare them!

Apparently it is not clear what is the longest word in English, as you can see from the answers here as well. The most comprehensive account I have found on the net is here:

http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_longest.html

Answer 6

The longest word I've heard of that isn't a medical term is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu . It's 85 letters long and is a place in New Zealand. Most other words are medical terms and are in the thousands of characters.

Answer 7

The question asks the longest in the world.
I doubt whether anyone knows every language in the world.

Answer 8

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumo­noultra­microscopic ­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax.

It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim

[The word has been broken in two to fit here]

Answer 9

Hey Stuart, you just stole that from me but didn't explain when SMILES is the longest word..... there is a mile between the first and last letter.......

Answer 10

here's the longest German word to be published up until 1996 anyhow... Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft (

Answer 11

the longest sentence in the world is 'I do'.