Re: German question: Bundesgesundheitsamt

Taliesin wrote:

> skipsfører: skip + s + fører (ship + binde-s + pilot)
> brennevinsflaske: brenne_vin + s + flaske (spirits + binde-s
> + bottle)
> stasjonsmester: sta_sjon_ + s + mester (railway station +
> master)
Afaik, this _s_ comes from the genitive, but has gotten a
life of its own.

> N. has a binde-e too:
>
> barnehage: barn + e + hage (child/children (indefinite) +
> binde-e + garden)
We have some of these in Swedish too. Gatukök: gata + kök
(gatu is the old (feminine) genitive). Saluhall, ladugård
and sagobok work the same.

I think we have some other vowels which work like this as
well, but I can't come up with any examples.

||| daniel

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