The top spot is taken by a 67-letter word BERLIN, November 1. /TASS/. The Duden dictionary of the German language picked the longest words in the language, giving the top spot to a 67-letter word.

Words with 60-odd letters in them? Nothing unusual in German. Henning dissects a couple of examples and proves that German can be endless fun - quite literally.

Did you know that Germany, with 83 million inhabitants, is the most populous country in the European Union? Or, that 65% of German autobahns don’t have any speed limit? Or that the longest German word ...