Top Ten German Words Containing the Same Letter Three Times in a Row

Unlike in English, compound words are extremely common in the German language. While in English, "maple leaf" is for example written with a space in between the two words, the German counterpart "Ahornblatt" is written as one word, not separating "Ahorn" and "Blatt". Now, sometimes the first word ends with a double letter, e.g. "Kunststoff" (plastic), and the latter starts with the same letter the other one ended with, e.g. "Flasche" (bottle). So, "plastic bottle" becomes "Kunststoffflasche" in German (with the word "Kunststoff" itself being a similar compound word of "Kunst", which means "art" or "artificial", and "Stoff", meaning "material" or "matter").
Before 1996, three letters in a row were shortened to two, but the German spelling keeps changing every couple of years and it was felt this one seemed correct.

The Top Ten

1 Teeei

2 Brennnessel

3 Balletttänzer

4 Kunststoffflasche

5 Schneeengel

6 helllila

7 Schifffahrt

8 schnelllebig

9 Seeelefant

10 Betttuch

"Bed sheet"

From "Bett" (bed) and "Tuch" (cloth)

The Contenders

11 Fülllinie

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