Wortbildung

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German

Etymology

From Wort (“word”) +‎ Bildung (“creation”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Wort‧bil‧dung

Noun

Wortbildung f (genitive Wortbildung, plural Wortbildungen)

  1. (linguistics, uncountable) The study of the construction or creation of words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
  2. (linguistics, countable) The creation of new words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
  3. (linguistics, countable) The morphological structure of words constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes.
  4. (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

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References

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