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#1 Re: Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity » Long words! » 2007-11-06 12:58:48

xxbubblexx wrote:

My german teacher told us the longest word in german is:  die Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitaetenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft. It can be shortened to der klub. it is judt a fancy word for a club or bar. lol big_smile

Uhhhh
I know this is a ridiculous bump, "xxbubblexx" got his facts wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizit%C3%A4tenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft

'nother fact, if a word is going to be shortened or contracted, it doesn't change it's gender. You changed from feminine (die) to masculine (der) and missed the translation completely.

Good try, though.

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