There’s a German word for when you write “Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” on a chalkboard.
Photo: Volker Schlichting
Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz, a German word meaning “law delegating beef label monitoring,” no longer exists, apparently. But the new longest German word is also very long and German: Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenswitwe. It means “widow of a Danube steamboat company captain,” and it has never been used by anyone.
