# die Wortbildung

die Wortbildung is a German noun meaning “wordbuilding”. Forms: der Wortbildung, die Wortbildungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Wortbildung
- Plural: die Wortbildungen

## In other languages

- Русский: словообразование
- Українська: словотвір

## Meanings

1. _uncountable_ The study of the construction or creation of words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
2. _countable_ The creation of new words from lexical or derivational morphemes, derivation, word formation, wordbuilding.
3. _countable_ The morphological structure of words constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes.
4. _countable_ A new word constructed from lexical or derivational morphemes, derived term, derivation.
5. _no plural_ wordbuilding; word formation
   - Die Wortbildung als Teilbereich der Morphologie, Morphemik untersucht die morphologische Struktur der Wörter.

## Examples

- Die Morphologie untersucht die Wortbildung. — Morphology studies the structure of words.

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