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Wortbildung
Wortbildung
German
Noun
Wortbildung f (genitive Wortbildung, plural Wortbildungen)
- (linguistics, uncountable) the study of the construction or creation of words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding
- (linguistics, countable) the creation of new words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding
- (linguistics, countable) the morphological structure of words constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes
- (linguistics, countable) a new word constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes, derived term, derivation
Declension
Declension of Wortbildung
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Wortbildung | die | Wortbildungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Wortbildung | der | Wortbildungen |
| dative | einer | der | Wortbildung | den | Wortbildungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Wortbildung | die | Wortbildungen |
Synonyms
- (the study of the construction or creation of words): Wortbildungslehre
Derived terms
Terms derived from Wortbildung
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References
- Wortbildung in Duden online