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minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoI love how the Germans use zeuge. Tools? Those are work things. (Werkzeuge) Airplanes? You know, flying things! (Flugzeuge) Vehicles? Duh, the driving things! (Fahrzeuge) Why make new word when two (or six) words will do?
minus-squareDunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agocompoundwords are marvelous <3
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agocoumpoundwordsareamarvelouszeuge.
minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNo, compound words are usually just compound nouns. Exactly the same as in English, except the space is missing.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoEnglish does that too sometimes, look at the “closed” compounds: https://eslforums.com/compound-words/
minus-squareDunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoi really dont like that “compound word” is not a proper compoundword. i hope my mispelling spreads far enough to remedy this.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoGood point, Küchenentlüftungsschießeinrichtung
I love how the Germans use zeuge.
Tools? Those are work things. (Werkzeuge)
Airplanes? You know, flying things! (Flugzeuge)
Vehicles? Duh, the driving things! (Fahrzeuge)
Why make new word when two (or six) words will do?
compoundwords are marvelous <3
coumpoundwordsareamarvelouszeuge.
No, compound words are usually just compound nouns. Exactly the same as in English, except the space is missing.
English does that too sometimes, look at the “closed” compounds:
https://eslforums.com/compound-words/
i really dont like that “compound word” is not a proper compoundword.
i hope my mispelling spreads far enough to remedy this.
Good point, Küchenentlüftungsschießeinrichtung