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Compound words: Das Fugen-s im Deutschen – The linking “s” in German, part 2 Posted by Sandra Rösner on Feb 24, 2012
The German language is very productive in compounding words. It is virtually possible to great a never-ending word. Of course, Germans do not carry word compounding to extremes, that is, compound words of everyday language do never consist of more than two or three separate words. Anyway, this characteristic of the German language can…
Compound words: Das Fugen-s im Deutschen – The linking “s” in German, part 1 Posted by Sandra Rösner on Feb 22, 2012
You have probably come across German compound words that are linked with an “s”, called linking “s” in English and Fugen-s in German, for example: die Liebesgeschicht – love story der Gerechtigkeitssinn – sense of justice die Schönheitskur – beauty treatment But other words do not contain this linking “s”, for example: die Tee-kanne…