Word with the most consonants
I think in the German language the word with he most consonants in a row is der AngstschweiĂź, cold sweat, or literally 'anguish sweat'.
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My last name is Volkl - 4 consonants, one vowel. Folks have a lot of trouble trying to spell it.
If you're looking for a proper German word: "Angstschweiß" - sweat of fear, lit. fearsweat - is the German word with the most consonants (8) in a row.
And it pretty much sounds like what people might think of as the essence of the German language, much like a well-filled snake pit :)
In Dutch, ther is the word slechtstschrijvend (worst writing) with 9 consonants in a row.
In German, Borschtsch also has eight consonants in a row, although it's a Russian loanword. But you could use to create further compounds such as Borschtschschüssel etc. that'd have even more.
My boyfriend had a co-worker of the beautiful Saxon name Pfretzschner - 2 vowels, 10 consonants.
There was a weird one in the paper. Czywczynski. Not sure how to pronounce it.
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