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German
Etymology
From nominal (“nominal, of a noun”) + Klammer (“bracket, clamp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Nominalklammer f (genitive Nominalklammer, plural Nominalklammern)
- (linguistics) A syntactic phenomenon in some Germanic languages (and perhaps other languages) according to which attributes usually precede the noun in a noun phrase even if this creates a wide gap between the noun and its article or determiner at the beginning of the phrase.
Usage notes
- The sentence hereunder is an example of a wide Nominalklammer in German. Such wording could, of course, be criticised stylistically, but it could not be argued to be ungrammatical in any way.
Sie trug das von ihrer Mutter für sie genähte und mit den Blumen, die sie tags zuvor gepflückt hatte, geschmückte Kleid.- She wore the dress her mother had sewn for her, embellished with the flowers that she had picked the day before.
- (literally, “She wore the by her mother for her sewn and with the flowers, which she day before picked had, embellished dress.”)
Declension
Declension of Nominalklammer