Nominalklammer
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nominal (“nominal, of a noun”) + Klammer (“bracket, clamp”).
Noun[edit]
Nominalklammer f (genitive Nominalklammer, plural Nominalklammern)
- (linguistics) A syntactic phenomenon in some Germanic languages (and perhaps other languages) according to which attributes usually precede the noun in a noun phrase even if this creates a wide gap between the noun and its article or determiner at the beginning of the phrase.
Usage notes[edit]
- The sentence hereunder is an example of a wide Nominalklammer in German. Such wording could, of course, be criticised stylistically, but it could not be argued to be ungrammatical in any way.
- Sie trug das von ihrer Mutter für sie genähte und mit den Blumen, die sie tags zuvor gepflückt hatte, geschmückte Kleid.
- She wore the dress her mother had sewn for her, embellished with the flowers that she had picked the day before.
- (literally, “She wore the by her mother for her sewn and with the flowers, which she day before picked had, embellished dress.”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Nominalklammer [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Nominalklammer | die | Nominalklammern |
| genitive | einer | der | Nominalklammer | der | Nominalklammern |
| dative | einer | der | Nominalklammer | den | Nominalklammern |
| accusative | eine | die | Nominalklammer | die | Nominalklammern |