Wortbildung

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɔʁtˌbɪldʊŋ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Wort‧bil‧dung

Noun

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  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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms
  • (the study of the construction or creation of words): Wortbildungslehre

Derived terms
  • Wortbildungsaffix
  • Wortbildungselement
  • Wortbildungsform
  • Wortbildungslehre
  • Wortbildungsmodell
  • Wortbildungsmorphem
  • Wortbildungsmuster
  • Wortbildungsregel
  • Wortbildungstyp

References
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