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The Awful German Language (1880)

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maaaaattttt ◴[] No.44004068[source]
I wish I could have sent this wikipedia entry to Mark Twain. It would have been a fine addition to his "museum". I'm sure he would have been thrilled to hear about it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rind...

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1. lqet ◴[] No.44004670[source]
The currently longest word in the Duden is Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS, German for ADHD).