What is your favourite word?
Posted by: Consciousmess on 08 October 2008
There you go, what word do you have as a favourite?
I'll start with:
megalomaniacal
Jon
I'll start with:
megalomaniacal
Jon
quote:Originally posted by Rob B:quote:So much pleasanter!
"More" as in "So much more pleasant".
I imagine "pedant" will appear with some alacrity
Only just spotted this. More haste, less alacrity.
Can't see a lot wrong with what I said. Pleasant is an adjective, pleasanter its superlative, so much an emphatic form... So much more tall, so much more high?
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
It really is only one word, but I guess you have to be German to fully enjoy it.
It really is only one word, but I guess you have to be German to fully enjoy it.
Boob
quote:Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
Rumbled:
quote:Compounded nouns
There is no longest word in German. You can always add another noun to the
first one. Compounded nouns take the article of the last noun.
· Die Donau (Danube)
· Der Donaudampf (steam)
· Das Donaudampfschiff (boat)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrt (ride)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (society)
· Der Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeiter (worker, labourer)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaft
(union)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
(meeting)
quote:Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
It really is only one word, but I guess you have to be German to fully enjoy it.
This is quite simple for me, but not that one
:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
This is a town in Wales.
But there are even longer names - a small village in Thailand - :
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatra
jathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarn avatarnsathitsakkattiyavi
sanukamprasit
Best wishes
Manfred
quote:Originally posted by Rob B:quote:Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
Rumbled:quote:Compounded nouns
There is no longest word in German. You can always add another noun to the
first one. Compounded nouns take the article of the last noun.
· Die Donau (Danube)
· Der Donaudampf (steam)
· Das Donaudampfschiff (boat)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrt (ride)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (society)
· Der Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeiter (worker, labourer)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaft
(union)
· Die Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
(meeting)
Perfect translation and indeed you could carry this on forever.
quote:Originally posted by Manni:quote:Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftsarbeitergewerkschaftssitzung
It really is only one word, but I guess you have to be German to fully enjoy it.
This is quite simple for me, but not that one
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch
This is a town in Wales.
But there are even longer names - a small village in Thailand - :
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayuttha yamahadilokphopnopparatra
jathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarn avatarnsathitsakkattiyavi
sanukamprasit
Best wishes
Manfred
OK, your's wins.
