Wortbildung
German
Etymology
From Wort (“word”) + Bildung (“creation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Wortbildung f (genitive Wortbildung, plural Wortbildungen)
- (linguistics, uncountable) The study of the construction or creation of words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
- (linguistics, countable) The creation of new words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
- (linguistics, countable) The morphological structure of words constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes.
- (linguistics, countable) A new word constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes, derived term, derivation.
Declension
Declension of Wortbildung [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
Synonyms
- (the study of the construction or creation of words): Wortbildungslehre
Derived terms
References
- “Wortbildung” in Duden online