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I'm German and residing in France. When I was asked the following question the only word which came into my mind was Gesäß.

Which German word contains the most ä, ö, ü, and ß in any variation?

Are there others which contain more than two Umlauts and ß's? Not "zusammengesetzte Substantive" please and only word from the Duden.

I hope this question is not too off-topic - however I reckon that this question is not very serious.

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rückwärts, äußerst each have two. Möbelträgerfüße has all four but is a compound noun. How about an entire sentence? Völlerei lässt grüßen:) – Eugene Seidel Mar 1 at 21:37
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One of Michael Ende's books has the title: "Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch" The adjective in question does not abide the rules of compounding words, so one might say it's not compound. But unfortunately, it's also not in the Duden. – Toscho Mar 2 at 13:03

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Mit grep finde ich in einem Wörterbuch:

egrep ".*[äöüßÄÖÜ].*[äöüß].*[äöüß].*[äöüß]" ~/lib/dicts/utf-german 

Fußgängerübergänge
Größenmaßstäbe
größenordnungsmäßig

also 3 Vierlinge, aber leider alle mit einer Wiederholung. Längere sind nicht verzeichnet, aber da man im Deutschen beliebig lange Substantive kombinieren kann wäre "Fußgängerübergangsmörtel" ein Wort, in dem jeder Umlaut und das Eszet einmal vorkommt.

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+1 for the use of egrep ;) – Sentry Mar 3 at 20:03
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I found some word with three characters

Some more without a check in the Duden:

  • Einflußgröße
  • Gefäßschädigung
  • Meßgröße
  • Rückäußerung
  • Rückstöße
  • blütenübersät
  • flächenmäßig
  • gefühlsmäßig
  • geschäftsmäßig
  • größtmöglich
  • rüstungsmäßig
  • übergroßzügig
  • überläßt
  • übermäßig

Some with four characters, but with some problems:

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All of your examples are compound words, although the OP only excluded compound nouns. – Toscho Mar 2 at 13:01

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