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Compound nounsCompound nouns are words formed of two or more nouns together. In English they usually stay as two or more words but in German they are usually written as one word. The gender of that word is always that of the last word within the noun, even if the first or second has a different gender.
Examples
der Spiegel das Ei
+
= das Spiegelei
die Couch der Tisch
+ =
der Couchtisch
die Blume
+der Topf
= der Blumentopf
der Tee
+ das Glas
+ die Tasse
= das Teeglas
= die Teetasse
der Blumentopf
die Haltestelle (das Halten + die Stelle)
der Kochtopf (das Kochen + der Topf)
die Geburtstagskarteder Geburtstagskuchendas Geburtstagsgeschenk
Some nouns need to be linked with an e, en, es, n or s, others may lose some letters. That way those words can be pronounced as one word and don’t need a big breather in between each individual word.
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