Animals make different noises in different languages. Not that the animals speak other languages, but we, as people, perceive their noises differently.

So one afternoon in a hostel in Berlin I asked various people how animals speak in their language...

Dog	English	woof
	French (N Amer)	wof
	Dutch	wuf
	German	wau
	American	arf
	Spanish (S Amer)	guau
	Italian	bau
	Danish	vov
	Swedish	voff
	Serbo-Croatian	vau
	Romanian	ham
Rooster	English	cockle-doodle-do
	French	cocorico
	Italian	chicchirichí
	German	kikeriki
	Japanese	kokekokko
	Spanish	cocoroco
	Danish	kykelikyy
	Hebrew	kukarekú
	Swedish	kuckelikuu
	Serbo-Croatian	kukuriku
So, the English by themselves on this one. Everyone else has basically the same word.
Cat	English	miao (or meow)
	Italian	miao
	French	miaou

I gave up quickly on this one. A cat sounds the same internationally.

What can I say? I like big words. Here are some I've collected in various languages.


English

antidisestablishmentarinism (27)
(the "traditional" English long word)

esophagogastroduodenoscopy (26)
(a medical process looking at the throat, stomach and intestines)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36)
(fear of long words)

Italian

precipitevolissimevolmente (26)
(suddenly)

German A language ripe with long words

Vergangenheitsbeweltigung (25)
("mental digestion")

Persönlichkeitstruckturen (25)

Streichholzschächtelchen (24)
(it means matchbox, but its not the common used word)

Rhein-Main-Donaukanaldampfschifffahrtskapitäns­patentanwärter (58)
(in German you can easily create new words by joining existing words together. Although this word is not a word that is used, it is technically correct. It means "the application for the licence for the captain who drives the steam ship on the rivers Rhein, Main and Donau and the canal that joins them")

Portuguese

inconstitucionalissimamente (27)
(the "traditional" Portuguese long word)

pneumoultramicroscopicossilico­vulcanoconiótico (46)
(a medical term)

Swedish

Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (28)
(Engineer science academy)

realisationsvinstbeskattning (28)

informationshanteringskostnaderna (33)

Trafikledarassistentutbildningsgrundkurs (40)

Dutch

randjongerenhangplekkenbeleids­ambtenarensalarisbesprekingsafspraken (67)
(the agreements for the negotiations concerning the salary of public servants who decide on the policy for areas where unemployed youth is allowed to hang out)

hottentottententententoonstellingsmakers­opleidingsprogramma (59)
(the curriculum of an education teaching the makers of exhibitions about the tents of the Hottentots)

The internet has brought this tiny little symbols in the lives of people around the world. But what do people call it? Here is a short list that I'm hoping to expand...

Italian	chiocciolina	pronounced "keeo-cho-leena", means little snail
Portuguese (BR)	arrôba	pronounced "a-hoo-ba"
Greek	παπακι	pronounced "papaki", means little duck
Dutch	apenstaartje	means monkey's tail
Finnish	kissanhnta	means cat's tail
German	klammeraffe	means hanging monkey
Romanian	coadă de maimuță	means monkey tail

Klee
Clover (shamrock)

Kunst
Art

Fünfeck
Pentagon

Gespenst
Spectre (ghost)

Springer
Jumper (pullover)