Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft is a compound word that serves as an example of the virtually unlimited compounding of nouns that is possible in many Germanic languages. According to the 1996 "Guinness Book of World Records", it is the longest word published in the German language.
Longest words
The longest word in Catalan is considered to be ', an adverb meaning "[done in a way that is] against the constitution", however, the scientific word ', related to endocrinology has been proposed by the University of Barcelona to be the true longest word.