Univerbation

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German

Noun

Univerbation f (genitive Univerbation, plural Univerbationen)

  1. (linguistics) univerbation
    • 1936, Études dédiées au quatrième Congrès de linguistes, page 79:
      Die Betonung ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Prozesses der Univerbation — zwei Worte verschmelzen und werden zu einem.
      Stress plays a major part in the process of univerbation — two words fusing and becoming one.
    • 2013, Eva-Maria Jakobs, Annely Rothkegel, Perspektiven auf Stil, →ISBN, page 352:
      Es kommen dazu noch Komposita als Produkte der Univerbation, des Ineinandergreifens von Ableitung und Komposition, Substantivierung und Komposition.
      In addition, there are composita as products of univerbation, which is the intertwining of derivation and composition, substantivation and composition.

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  • Univerbation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache