> I think I read somewhere that the longest word is the name of a town in > Wales, but I don't have it in front of me. A friend took a photo of the > name, across the front of a building there. However, I would think > Rettungschwimmeruebungsplatz would have to be a close runner up!! LOL I too > would be interested in knowing if there are otherwords like that, and even > longer ones, in German. Two I can remember now are Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (new spelling would be Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän) (captain of a company for steam navigation on the Danube). That's the most famous I think. And Fußballnationalmannschaftsmittelfeldspieler (player in the midfield of a soccer national team).