Yuwei Li, AMD2

Longest German word:

German words are usually pretty long and are usually composed of different short words. For fun, I googled the longest German words and found this in Wikipedia:

 Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft 

(meaning: Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services)

This word is the longest word in German, according to 1996 Guinness World Record.

Donau: the Donau river. Located in south west German.

Dampf: steam

Schiff: boat

Dampfschiff: steam boat

Dampfschiffahrts: steam boat transportation

Gesellschaft: organization

Kapitaen: captain

Elektrizität: electricity

Betriebswerk: work plan

Beamten: civil service