Determinatum

Determinatum called for a large number of compound words ( compound words ), the determinative, the basic word, so the word part that is called the preamble. The Determinatum is the other part of the word, the qualifying expression ( Determinans ), defined in more detail in its meaning.

An example from the German

The word " door " is a Determinativkompositum; " Door " refers to the fact that it is a "door" is at "front door". This is the performance of the Determinatums: there is the class, the amount of to the part of the object in question. The first part of the compound word, however, the qualifying expression ( Determinans ), in this case " home ", specifies what exactly it is for a type of door: There is a door and not a car door, workshop door, room door, or else a type of door.

Position of Determinatums in compound words of the German

The basic word Determinatum, is in compound words almost always at the end of the word: for example in the composites on " house ", " corner house", " Rathaus ", " screw - home ", " home game ", " residential house "; in some cases it may also be preceded by: " Göttingen -South " ( at railway stations, motorway exits and the like ).

Any other use of the term Determinatum: syntax (syntax)

The term can be applied except in compound words and word- groups ( syntagma ) and also stands for the basic word construction. In the phrase " a great woman " is "Woman " the Determinatum, while " large " is a qualifier and thus performs the function of Determinans.