"compound nouns" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a term that is typically used in the context of describing nouns that are made up of two or more words. For example, "firefighter" is a compound noun that is made up of two words - "fire" and "fighter".
Audenesque compound nouns are no problem for Shakila, these days.
German writes compound nouns without spaces (e.g., Computerlinguistik 'computational linguistics'; Lebensversicherungsgesellschaftsangestellter 'life insurance company employee').
The worksheets cover the basics including: irregular vowels, elementary homophones, comparatives, superlatives, compound nouns, full stops and using capital letters.
The plurals of compound nouns – nouns (strictly noun phrases) made up of more than one word – is a surprisingly controversial subject.
Compound nouns like Polizeiliche Meldebescheinigung ("a card showing you have registered with the police") or Untervermietungserlaubnis ("sublet permit") still send the pair into fits of eyerolling despair.
And though Kevin's pulse has slowed, the still surprising and indelible conjunction of two formerly unrelated compound nouns – airplane, skyscraper – makes his stomach drop.
There were lots of good ideas, nicely realized, for a not very inspiring compound noun.
What's getting the heave are most hyphens linking the halves of a compound noun.
The compound noun dead-ender appeared occasionally in the second half of the 20th century.
This awkwardness was removed by the adoption of African-American; that compound noun is not as stark as black.
So this post is a celebration of the best of German – and an appeal for your favourite compound noun.
