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Re: German question: Bundesgesundheitsamt

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Thursday, February 14, 2002, 5:58
On 13 Feb 02, at 12:54, Weiben Wang wrote:

> I have a niggly question about German grammar which I > hope is appropriate to ask here. I was asked why you > add the S's in "Bundesgesundheitsamt." At first I > thought they were some kind of genitive, ie. der Bund, > des Bundes. But then Gesundheit is feminine, and > doesn't take an "s", ie. die Gesundheit, der > Gesundheit. So, where do the S's come from? I > presume there's a better explanation than simply, > "That's just how it works." Does anyone have a proper > explanation? TIA,
Something like that. To make things sound better. Sometimes an -n- is also used, though I can't think of an example right now. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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