RIP To Germany’s Longest Word

It’s a sad, sad day for the German language, as it officially puts its longest word to rest. The sixty-three letter term for the “law for the delegation of monitoring beef labeling” — Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz — has been dethroned thanks to a regional parliament’s decision based on the infrequency of its use and the fact that the procedure was no longer required by the EU. German teachers with a penchant for frustrating their students will now have to settle for what the Guinness World Records considers the language’s longest word in use, “Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften.” Here’s how the dead word was pronounced, not that you’ll need to know.

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