From Darren and Djun, I learned that the Deutscher Sprachrat ran a contest to determine the most beautiful German word and that Habseligkeiten won.

Habseligkeiten is not the most beautiful German word!  How about gemuetlich or how about Mohnkuchen or how about Weissbeer or Schweinhaxen? In my opinion these are all more beautiful.  Listen to my short podcast for why.