German long word

The longest word in the German language consisted of 63 letters and looked so - Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. It indicates the name of the law governing the inspection govyadiny.

The word has been canceled for the regional parliament after the EU withdrew a recommendation for the mandatory inspection of healthy cattle for so-called "mad cow disease". German is famous for its complex nouns, which are often so cumbersome that they needed common sokraschenie.Zakon labeling of beef, adopted in 1999 to protect consumers from BSE cattle, commonly shortened to the word «RkReÜAÜG», but such reductions are undergoing even the most everyday words. So the word «Lastkraftwagen», indicating the truck, turned into «Lkw».

Professor of Linguistics at the Free University of Berlin, an expert Anatole Stefanovic claims that «Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz» was the longest authentic word of German. Despite the fact that the name of the law appeared in the official test, it is never printed dictionaries, because the drafters to make only those words that are frequently used by the population.

Source: mirfactov.com/