Word formation and derivation
William Z. Shetter, Esther Ham · 2007
Nouns can be compounded from the stem of a verb, an adjective, adverb or preposition, but most frequently they are simply two or more nouns joined into one. The basic element of such a word is always the last one and, hence, the gender of a compound is always decided by the last element. The stress is regularly on the first element, although there are a few exceptions, which we will mark with a stress sign. Following are some examples of compounds: noun + noun het bad + de kamer = de badkamer bathroom adverb + noun buiten + de wereld = de buitenwereld outside world adjective + noun klein + het kind = het kleinkind grandchild verb + noun blussen + het apparaat = het blusapparaat fire extinguisher preposition + noun het voorbeeld example 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 12111 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 adjective + verb hard + lopen = hardlopen to run preposition + verb uit + gaan = uitgaan to go out Let’s try it Look at the compound noun and name the basic elements. What do you think each one means?