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Banana bread: English puts nouns side by side
Compoundnouns:noun+noun
Bananenbrot: German makes a compound noun
Oftenconnectivesareused
Apple cake = Apfelkuchen
Compound nouns with common connectives
Picture frame = der Bilderrahmen
Horse stable = der Pferdestall
Connective-er-
Connective-e-
Peace agreement = das Friedensabkommen
Connective-ens-Goodness of heart = die Herzensgüte
Connective-s-
frei + die Zeit = die Freizeit
schreib(en) + der Tisch = der Schreibtisch
adjective+noun
verb+noun
nach + der Tisch = der Nachtisch
Last noun element determines gender: das Jahr + die Zeit = die Jahreszeit
Last element doesn’t have to be a noun:der Bär + stark = bärenstark
OtherCompoundWords
preposition+noun
another connective type: -es-
another connective type: -en-
& 2 more connective types
dessert
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