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Besides English, which other languages feature compound words, and what are some of those words and their meanings? ~

Posted - August 17, 2017
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  • 46117
    Oh who cares.
      August 17, 2017 8:30 AM MDT
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  • 2217
    Probably most of them. 
      August 17, 2017 12:06 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    In Scandinavian countries adjectives that can also be nouns are combined with the noun they modify.  For example "Basket weaver" is  "Kurvvæver."  This can result in some extremely long words when there are many such adjectives.  
      August 17, 2017 3:21 PM MDT
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