Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...(Somienlid)t, sun-light--from @onne,/. and Std)t, n. Sometimes words terminating in e or en, drop these terminations for the sake of euphony in compounds; as, benfWitrbig, memorable--from bettfen, to think, and ttntrbig, worthy; $ed)t boben, fencing-school--from fed)ten, to fence, and SSobett, floor.--When the compounds are to be altered, and when to be used unaltered, can be learned only by practice. Commonly, when three or more words are joined, only the last two words are written as one, and each preceding one is separated from the following by a hyphen; as, £)ber@dfya§ metfler, lord high-treasurer; Dteid)g©etterafg;elbmarftf)att, Field-marshal general of the empire A hyphen is also used, when one or both of the components are foreign words; as, ba3 3ntetttgen$@omptoir, advertising office; bte private-school; btt$ drtmtttateridlt, criminal court of justice: also when a proper name is compounded with another word; as, 9tot2)orf; £ber3taliett. When it happens that two or more compound words have the second component the same, this component is frequently omitted in the first word or words, and expressed only in the last; and its omission in the preceding words is indicated by a hyphen; as, bet Sfaf Wtb Uttter gang ber ©0tttte, the rising and setting of the sun; bret fcter Uttb tttefyrfad), threefold, fourfold, and manifold. Examples of the Composition of Words. I. Compound Nouns. 1. Two or more nouns; as, ber Slepfelbattm, apple-tree; bie £erjett£gute, goodness of heart; bet ©onnenfd)etn, sunshine; ber Dberoflttteifler, postmaster-general. 2. An adjective and a noun; as, tte ©rottlUtf), generosity; bte ©genliebe, self-love. 3. A verb and a noun; as, ber?ettd)tf)ttrm, light-house; bie...
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