This WORD exists ONLY in DUTCH!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2020
- No other language has this word:
Hottentottententententoonstelling
What does it mean?
And can foreigners pronounce this word?
That's what we asked the Dutch language students of the BLC Dutch Summer School.
* What is the meaning?
'Hottentotten' is a name that Dutch settlers gave to the Khoikhoi, a population in Africa. They gave this name because of their click language. The word 'hottentot' reflected how this language sounded to the Dutch ears. The word 'hottentot' is nowadays considered politically incorrect. In some places (like South Africa) the word became a swear word. The word 'hottentottententententoonstelling' literally means: an exhibition with tents for the Khoikhoi people. It is a made up word: the Khoikhoi didn't live in tents, these exhibitions never existed. The word is known as a very long word in the Dutch language. Try it yourself: ask a Dutch person to come up with the longest word in Dutch... 50% chance they will say 'hottentottententententoonstelling'.
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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)
Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School - 2019 in Amsterdam.
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I’m Dutch and I finally learned what the “hottentotten” part of the word means
Same tbh
I am dutch but I don’t know it 😂
hahahah ik had ook echt geen iedee wat hottentotten betekende
Dus eigenlijk is het gewoon een tipitentententoonstelling? :')
Ik ook
Most Dutch people indeed know -- of-- this word. Nobody actually uses in practical terms other than to show off the insanity of compound words.
I'am dutch and i have never heard this word ever
@@dewaarheid2906 Well, I did say most. It was definitely one of those words you learned in elementary school back in the late 70s. Now I understand most millenials probably already look at Generation X (we are still the largest demographic) as dinosaurs, but we aren't quite there yet ;)
I wonder know how familiar you are with mid 80's 'turbotaal' as well if you aren't familiar with that word.
Jep i know haha i am flamish but in belgium we also use this word
Nobody uses this word.
@@AudieHolland That's what I said already didn't I? And while it may not be used in every day language it most definitely is as a tongue-twister.
“Tententen... thirty?” 😂
Nope
Hottentottententententoonstelling geen idee wat dag hottentotten betekent maar ja....😂
He’s an intellectual
if we were french...
@@hanne2006 Hottentotten zou een volk zijn in Afrika.Of dat ook waar is???
Maar het was toch: hottentottenracewagenwielventieldopjestentententoonstellingen?
Nee, hottentottententententoonstellingterrein.
llol dat is het beste tongbreker ter wereld 🤣
Tenten van Hottentotten zijn waarschijnlijker (al woonden ze klaarblijkelijk niet in tenten) dan racewagens van Hottentotten ;)
Hottentottenvrachtwagenventieldopjestentoonstellingterrein
Oke deed dr even over om het hele woord t lezen, jezus nederlands is stom xF
I'm Dutch and I don't know what it means😂😂ahaha
Prc
Maar het gaat niet om de letterlijke betekenis, maar dat we het gebruiken als tongbreker. In de zin van zeg hottentottententententoonstelling 3 keer snel achter elkaar.
een tentoonstelling van tenten uit de hottentot cultuur.
een hottentottententententoonstelling
Ik ben in de war.....
@@Gryudootje Ja, net zoiets als dekatkrabtdekrullenvandetrap. Dat is ook zo een struikelwoord.
Why do I feel that most of your subscribers are Dutch themselves? Lol. I see many people who claim to be Dutch in your Dutch tutorial videos! 😂
I think they are too! because iam Dutch😂
Ja heel veel Nederlanders hier
Because we love to see people learn our language
Because I love to see people struggle to learn my language. I have struggled enough with German, English and French. Kind of a revenge, I guess.
@@ronaldderooij1774 im learning german too, any tips?
I think "zandzeepsodemineraalwatersteenstralen" was at one point the longest word in the Dikke van Dale dictionary.
You can make basically infinite words though:
Handvaardigheidslokaalvloerbedekkingschoonmaakmiddelfabrieksdirecteursopleidingschoolgebouw (etc.)
And if you commited a crime in Lekkerkerk, you could be locked up in the Lekkerkerkerkerker.
Milbrandt Je kunt ook in de erker van de kerk in Lekkerkerk zitten: De Lekkerkerkerkerkererker
True. "Zandzeepsodemineraalwatersteenstralen" was included in the Van Dale (reference Dutch dictionary), but not anymore.
Ria Schildt je kunt ook erkennen dat je in de erker van de kerk van Lekkerkerk zit: de Lekkerkerkerkerkererkererkenner
“vliegtuiglandingsbaanlampje” was ons galgje woord vroeger altijd
@@mikahoogzand278 Ik snap niet dat mensen lange woorden goed vinden voor galgje xD Je moet juist korte woorden met rare letters hebben zoals vis en jazz en crux xD
The linguistic fun of this word lies (of course) in the repetitive middle bit: "ten-ten-ten-ten". In a book called "Opperlandse Taal- & Letterkunde" (1981), author Battus (pseudonym for Hugo Brandt Corstius) came up with an even more ludicrous compound word in Dutch containing a repetitive element: "lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker". No less than eight times "ker", one after the other. Have you figured out the meaning yet? We'll start at the end: it is the dungeon ("kerker"), which is situated in the bay window ("erker"), which is inside a church ("kerk") in the Dutch city of Lekkerkerk. For expats: Lekkerkerker is the genitive case of the name of this city (which is situated in the province of South Holland). In other words: it's the Lekkerkerker-kerk-erker-kerker. 😄 😉 😂
Sort of a payback for what Mary Poppins threw at us? ;-)
This is only _officially_ the longest word in the Dutch language (it might actually be a variation of this word, I'm not enirely sure). If you dig arround you'll find much longer words that exist in pretty much all languages. For instance: connectine, a proteïn whose full name contains tens of thousands of letters. A slightly more readable one is hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (the fear of the number 666) though it's a bit shorter.
Hahaha, so nice. I usually use this word to tell foreigners what they can expect following Dutch classes while in the Netherlands haha.
I also love the winning 60 letter word "Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomitéleden". It's a real word, no kidding.
When you do this again, take thát word. Hilarious. Even most Dutch people cannot pronounce this in just one time.
Hahaha dat is een goeie he, halverwege even ademhalen!
Die moet ik onthouden, kende ik zeker nog niet!
Autopedbandventieldopjesobergdoosje
this is rare!!! Tilburg i heard at first (they are with this much much more better , hands down they win 🥇)
Easy to pronounce!
I loved this word for ‘galgje’. Until my younger siblings figured out I didn’t know any other really long words, so they would figure it outright away 😆
Try xylometazoline next time. It's a compound in a certain type of nosespray. Blow their minds.
I only know of this word because of a word quesing game named “galgje”
Love that😂 I know it because of a kid in my old class who used to say that word all the time, he also said that one vrachtwagenventieldopje thing, but I don't really know the whole word anymore, it's been 3 years
I Am Unicorn! Vrachtwagenventieldopjesfabriek? 😂
@@marijnvijver4142 ja die 😂
Guessing...
Maar voor galgje wil je juist een woord met veel verschillende letters. Met de T, E en N heb je bijna het hele woord geraden. 😅
bibiboe yea but it was the longest word in our dictionary back in the day (is a longer one now i think) so it was a famous word used alot in this game, you didnt even need those letters, if some one puts in alot of _ _ _ _ you already knew the word 😂
"id be really weird for a tourist not to visit a tentoonstelling"
OH COFFEESHOP!
one of its most common uses is the "hangman" word game.
and the word can get much longer, just by adding more words.
hottentottententententoonstellingonderdirectriceassistentepennenbakje
funny enough my phone thought that one was too long and refused to let me type it, I had to type bakje as a separate word and then remove the space.
it's the penholder of the female assistant of the female under-director of an exhibition of tents of the hottentots.
in Dutch the length of a word like this is really only limited by your imagination.
Love it!
Galgje goeie ouwe leuke spel👌
If you're using this in hangman, you're playing it wrong. Try something like 'jazz' or 'club' next time.
@@woutervanr 'lynx' is a very good one to use too. People think that how longer the word, how difficulter it is, but it actually works the other way around. Shorter words are much harder to solve, because you cant just call out some letters in the hope they will appear somewhere in the word.
No!Its just words together who have nothing to with each other!Hottentottententententoonstelling is a real word.Anything more has nothing to do with the Hottentottententententoonstelling.
the person behind the camera: “every dutch person knows this word”
me, a dutch person: *has never heard of that word until now*
jjktear , you must be a millennial. 😂😂😂
love your name and profile picture :)
John NZ nope, 05’ liner :,)
Janita Frik thanks :)
vgm kent echt iedereen dit
I learned the word as "Hottentottensoldatententententoonstellingsterrein" when I was studying Dutch at Melbourne Uni. So for me, it's soldiers' tents and an exhibition ground. :)
Hottentotten arent soldiers!
It's a tongue breaker. It's used in speech therapy to learn to pronounce and breathe correctly while speaking. Btw I know it as hottentottententententoonstellingsgebouwen😂
I know it as hottentottententententoonstellingvrachtwagenchauffeurtje.
ik zeg altijd hottentottententententoonstellingsterrein
I learned it as hottentottententententoonstellingsindustrieterrein
Hottentottententententoonstellingsterreinen is passender dan gebouwen. Erg leuk filmpje. Intelligente mensen.
waadfrelle Hottentottententententoonstellingstenten ipv -gebouw uiteraard.
Hottentot is eigenlijk een scheldnaam, het betekent stotteren, maar wordt gebruikt om mensen met een kliktaal (maken een klikgeluid met de tong) aan te duiden, eigenlijk heet de stam Khoi, ook gebruikt voor de Xhosa stam.
i'm guessing it's cut up like "hottentotten tenten tentoonstelling" or something.... i dont know im not dutch..
Make a video where they repeat "zes geiten onder de tafel" really fast
de kat krabt de krullen van de trap
"Tenten is the plural for tents..." 5:07 -- *Stares at the screen*
ik hou ook van: aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen
Aaah so adorable to see them struggle!
Bart, you make such funny videos! Love it!
If the Italian or American guy wants some extra Dutch tutoring ;) I’m here to help. hahaha
Wat een klassieker. Bedankt Bart!
Yes in South Africa we will say: hottentottentoonstelling so you have the extra "ten" in Dutch. But then the Afrikaans language originated from Dutch language.
Where are their tents? :D
@@jhcfight there are no "tents" . I am referring to the extra syllable "ten". Dutch will say : hottentoten - where in Afrikaans we will only say : hottentot - and than the word "tentoonstelling" . Which means "display"
@@elsievanderwalt569 In case you didn't knew, it was a joke.
Lees die woord. ‘N tentoonstelling van tente van hottentotte.
@@elsievanderwalt569 but it's a display of tents 😂
Hoi Bart, ik geniet van elk filmpje en leer af en toe ook nog wat, zoals waarom de wortels oranje zijn ;-). Wellicht is het zinnetje: Toentomatentomatentomatentovrat met de opdracht om spaties te zetten ook een leuk idee.. Mvg, Will.
Dat is ook niet echt een woord!
I remember my grandpa teaching me this word when I was still very young, and I found it hilarious to randomly say out loud. Good memories 😆
'tentoonstelling' is actually also a compound word from the words 'ten' (to) 'toon' (show) 'stelling' (construct/proposition) so it roughly means 'proposes to show things'. (kind of, not sure how to put the meaning of 'stelling' in this context succinctly, but this is close).
No, here, "stellen" is used in the literal sense, which we don't really use in modern dutch in isolation anymore, but it's still in other words like "opstellen" or "uitstellen" (to postpone). It just means to place something somewhere (Also see "stal" and the verb "stallen" - to store something somewhere). A "stelling" as in a proposition is the figurative use of the same thing, you're sort of "putting your proposition out there".
In tentoonstelling it just means you've placed things somewhere to show them, "je stelt iets ten toon" "you're placing something somewhere in order to show it".
I'm dutch but litterly never heard of it before? Learned something of my country today haha
Nooit te oud om iets te leren👍
these vids are so nice1!!! thank you
But most of the people I know. When you ask for a long dutch word, will just say:
brandweerautobandventieldopjesfabrieksmedewerker of iets dergelijks
marn200 automatischopwarmbareautomandventieldopjesfabriek
Laten we maar ff galgje spelen 😁
@@zndernaam zou niet goed zijn... het woord zou al compleet zijn voor het galgje gemaakt is... puur omdat er zoveel verschillende letter in zitten.
het zou veel beter zijn om een kort woord met weinig verschillende letters te hebben... waardoor het raden van de juiste letters sneller het galgje maakt en de radende groep (of persoon) eerder hangt
fun fact, I did actually know this word already, but the long word that my sister taught me was vrachtwagenachteruitkijkspiegelpoetsdoekjesfabrikant
I know the word but we added 'terrein' at the end so it was just a little bit longer and more confusing for foreigners 😊
This is brilliant!🤣🤣
I think I have been to the tentoonstelling in the 80s. My dad bought a caravan there.
When you would ask me to say a long Dutch word, I usually say: Vrachtwagenbandventieldopje... But yeah, I know of hottentottententententoonstelling XD
Or hottentottententententoonstellingkaartjesverkoopstertjes
vrachtwagenbandventieldopjesfabrieksdirecteur is mijn go to voor zo iets
@@The_oli4 wat dacht je van vrachtwagenbandventieldopjestentoonstellingkaartjesverkoopsteruniformfabriek
@@wilbertopdedijk5741 vrachtwagenbandventieldopjestentoonstellingkaartjesverkoopsteruniformfabrieksmedewerkersgilde
Tweedehandsemotorverkoopsmannevakbondstakingsvergaderingsameroeperstoespraakskrywerspersverklaringuitreikingsmediakonferensie-aankondiginkies (141 letters) - the longest word in the Afrikaans language, which is pretty similar to Dutch.
We make too little use of compound words, unfortunately. We often think are self that it is wrong to make new compound words but there is so much more possible in the Dutch language.
Do the next time
" autobandenventieldopjesdirecteur"
Of 'autobandenventieldopjestoeleveringsfabrieksdirecteursecretariaatskantoorkamerplantje'.
Every Dutch kid encounters this word at one point in a game of galgje (hangman). It is hard to guess the word due to its length and repeating letters. But once you have encountered it once you will be able to immediately recognise the word due to its length alone.
And I thought gezellig 🤣
GiGi Wa88 BUT FORREAAAL
GiGi Wa88 SAMEEE OMG, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT
Hottentottententententoonstellingterreinbewakingsinstituut is wat mij nog bijstaat. Een soort nog extremere versie. Iemand die dit herkent of heb ik 't zelf verzonnen? ;)
I had heard of the word, though I did not know what hottentotten would be. (or even hotten and totten if it was a compound) Now I actually know the meaning of the entire compound!
When ur dutch u can do it sometimes one try (some of the dutch people fail)
when the word appeared in the screen at the beginning I let out a weird chuckle/cackle and I stared at my screen like 'what was that noise' while grinning lol
Hebben jullie wel kaas gegeten?
Superformiweldigeindefantakolosachtig als je dat kunt zeggen is het meesterlijk en machtig!
Hotten Totten tenten tentoonstelling in deze stukjes leer je het en kan je het daarna alles samen voegen en alles gewoon zo uitspreken en dan heb je het.
Is it like fluggegecheimen?
5:59 He's pretty saying it almost right :)
Definitely not every Dutch person knows this. But it's quite a common tongue twister for us. If you're 30+ that is....
Tonguetwister, they are fun.
They don't need to be single line words glued together..
Try this once
Een nietmachine dat niet niet is een niet nietende nietmachine.
Ik ken ook nog de brandweerslangenspuitstukbevestigingsschroefjesfabriek.
Wha ha! Funny! Well done!
I have never, ever in my life used that word or even thought of it... I heard of it but only know what a tentoonstelling is 🤷♂️ the word has no use whatsoever 😂
Ik voeg er meestal nog -gebouw of -ticket bij
Now try "Lekkerkerkerkerkerker".
Wat was was voor was was was? Voor was was was was was is en voor was was was was was honing en voor was was was was was schoon. Ook zo'n leuke 😂
Jemig, die moest ik twee keer lezen om te begrijpen.
Ja mooi! Die zeg ik nog wel eens! Wel minder uitgebreid dan hierboven.
volgens de van dale is meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis het langste woord
I had once to type an even longer word in a report, so a real word with a sensible meaning, not just an ad-hoc composed word: bestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsverzekering.
Hottentottententententoonstellingsterreinafrasteringshekkenfabrieksdirectiekamerdeur.
-bestelpapierpotloodstompje.
I used to learn this word as: "Hottentottensoldatententententoonstelling" :)
Ek verstaan baie goed :)
The hottentots are mountains in south afrika and people use it as a tongue breaker
Hottentotten was the name given by Dutch colonists in South Africa for the Khoikhoi or Khoi people.
En nu 'bommelding' .. ook een mooie klassieker!
Hmmm...this is the short one... Hottentottententententoonstellingsterreinopzichter
byzonder dat volgen wikipedia hottentot een engels woord is .
according to wikipedia Hottentot is an english word.
first time i heard it was from Urbanus.
De langste die ik ooit heb gehoord was autoventieldopjesreperatiesetjesfabriekstentoonstellingenvergaderingsleider
Anybody heard of: Hippopomonstrosesqeupedaliophobie?
*Its a fear for long words*
Sadistisch
Yep! We Indonesians know since we are a kid!
I've never heard someone use this word lmfao 😂
hottentottensoldatententententoonstelling is what i learned
The word "gezin" is actually very special, by me nown only in Dutch language parting youre first degree familly so dad, mom kids from all the rest.
You can make the word longer btw
Hottentottententententoonstellingsgebouwtjes
hotten totten tenten tentoonstelling
That is how you pronounce this
Ask us Dutch later
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliofobie, the fear of long words
I heard the word for the first time in this song: Snelle - Eredivisie
And this is even the short version. The long version is hottentottententententoonstellingcommissievergaderingbijeenkomst
Neeneenee HottentottenSOLDATENtentententoonstelling!
Die dus.😁
Its a fun word to explain compound words to children. The alliteration 'tentententen' just makes it more funny. It is not supposed to be a 'real life' thing: there never was an exhibition of the tents of the hottentotten, its just how compounding words work: you take something, and just add things to it.
For example: you can have a factory, that makes chairs: factory=fabriek, chair=stoel, many chairs=stoelen: stoelenfabriek. A fabriek where they make stoelen. A stoelenfabriekschilder is a man painting the stoelenfabriek. We can just add more words: stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimte, the place the painter of the factories of chairs take a rest. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerper. The man that designs the resting place for the man who paints the factory where they make chairs. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerperspen. The pen used by designers who... etc. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerperspenhouder. The object holding the pen(s) for the ... etc. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerperspenhouderfabriek. The factory where they make these penholders. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerperspenhouderfabrieksdirecteur. The CEO of that factory. stoelenfabriekschilderrustruimteontwerperspenhouderfabrieksdirecteurassistente would point to the assistent of the director of the factory where they make penholders for the pens used by designers of the restrooms of painters of the factory where they build chairs. We rarely compound more then two words, though. For clarity.
Ik moest huilen van het lachen! Toen je 'fabriek' er weer aanplakte kreeg ik opeens het gevoel dat dit eindeloos door zou gaan.
(Ik ben Engels, maar ik vind Nederlands zo'n fantastische taal.)
Ja,dat is zo goed.Maar het ene woord moet wel iets met de andere woorden te maken hebben.Je kan niet zo maar een stel woorden bij elkaar gooien.Zo als die penhouder niks te maken heeft met die schildersruimte.Zie jij wel eens een penhouder in een schildersruimte??
Hottentottententententoonstellingkaartverkoopskramjesaanvoerbedrijfsauto?
Ik weet een nog langer woord dan dít.
Hottentottententententoonstellinginformatiekantoor.
Hottentottententententoonstellingenprogrammaboekjeshouder: it is the program holder for the hottentotten tents exhibition.😁 In the old days before internet is was used in word games to make the longest word.
It's a beautiful language to learn.
I'm dutch but I did not know this word learn something new everyday I guess, can't believe I went 28 years as a dutch guy not knowing this word.
1:48 when you're Dutch and this is your first time seeing this word
"is it plural for TENTS"? mmmm....
It's a very important scrabble word!
just like Autowielenventieldopjesfabrieksterrein
Being Dutch, it's actually weird seeing people not know this word.
Khoikhoi tent exhibition
Snelle: en ik wil tien t als een Hottentottententententoonstelling
Hun: the WHAT
i don’t know what it means and i am dutch
Prc
Maar het gaat niet om de letterlijke betekenis, maar dat we het gebruiken als tongbreker. In de zin van zeg hottentottententententoonstelling 3 keer snel achter elkaar.
Super makkelijk woord maar geen idee wat het betekend 😂
Ik heb ook geen idee😂
Bestaat ook niet echt. Is meer voor de lol in spelletjes.
Wat het betekend? Een tentoonstelling van tenten waar de Hottentotten in wonen. Hoe moeilijk kan het zijn? :D
When i had braces i always had trouble with the letter s and t so i always said : spongebobsquarepantshottentottententententoonstellingtoezichtshouderterein now i look at it its a long word xE
Try Hottentothollandse berge 😂
It’s not even an actual word,
it’s a tongue twister
I would probably go with vrachtwagenautobandventieldopje if asked for a long word.
Urbanus heeft ooit een liedje over de Hottentot gemaakt. Staat gewoon op TH-cam
HottotenSOLDATENtentententoonstelling
Dit woord is niet bedacht om te laten zien hoe lang Nederlandse woorden kunnen worden, maar om te laten zien hoe vaak een identiek gespelde lettergreep (ten) achter elkaar in 1 woord kan voorkomen (4 keer). De hierboven genoemde Lekkerkerkerkerkerker bevat zelfs 6 maal ker, maar correct afgebroken is het Lek-ker-ker-ker-kerk-er-ker, dus het gaat dan niet meer om identiek gespelde lettergrepen.