Hi Jim,
wordpart A = "Juden"
wordpart B = "Buche"
a concatenation like AB means
a B which got to do something with an A or some As.
Note that the "n" doesn't mean necessarily plural here.
If "a" jew was meant, then it is just a linking element,
sound or letter, whatever.
If "some" jews was meant, then the linking element "n" is
equal to the plural morpheme "n" in "Juden".
Whether the linking element vanishes
or the plural morpheme, is undecidable.
Information, what B has to do with A is lost
in a concatenation, like
whether it is a beech tree
owned by a jew or jews
or
visited by a jew or jews
or
planted by a jew or jews
or
where a jew or jews were mordered
or
where a jew or jews mordered someone
or
where a jew or jews got married
....
In English, there is often a space between
the two parts of the concatenation,
nevertheless,
linguistically it must be treated as one word.
killer whale, contract killer,
a contract killer could be someone who kills contracts... ;-)
Concatenations are much more frequent in German than in English.
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Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA
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