Why are words so long in German?

The reason for long words to exist is, because in German it is not allowed to have noun clusters. While in English you will just write a bunch of nouns to describe the final noun, Germans just leave out those unnecessary spaces and form one word out of it.

Are German words longer than English words?

When it comes to the number of letters used per word, German is at the top with an average count of 6.380 letters. Conversely, with an average of 5.195 letters per word, English terms are by far the shortest. What’s noticeable is that the words in the legal text generally contain more letters than in our blog article.

What is the average word length in German?

The data from blogamundo.net tells us that average word lengths in English, French, Spanish and German are approximately 5.10, 5.13, 5.22 and 6.26. 5-letters is the unit of calculating typing speed (the word in WPM is calculated in 5-letter units).

Which language has the longest average word length?

Fun Fact. Mongolian has one of the longest word lengths, by letter, in the world, with an average of 13 letters per word!

Is the longest word in German?

1. Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung (36) Officially recognised by the Duden – Germany’s pre-eminent dictionary – as the longest word in German, Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung is a 36-letter, tongue-tying way of describing a rather, mundane everyday concept: motor vehicle liability insurance.

What’s the longest German word ever?

Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung
So the longest word to be found in the German dictionary is Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung – “motor vehicle indemnity insurance”. As Mark Twain said “a word so long it has a perspective”.

Is Super a word in German?

We told the cabdriver the streetname we would like to go and he brought us there….Translation by Vocabulix.