Compound Nouns where the whole is greater than the parts


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Zusammengesetzte Nomen mit neuer Bedeutung

1. Abendbrotevening + bread = ___________________
2. Ameisenbär ant + bear = ___________________
3. Arbeitgeber work + giver = ___________________
4. Arbeitnehmer work + taker = ___________________
5. Aufzug up + train = ___________________
6. Baumwolle tree + wool = ___________________
7. Brillenschlange glasses + snake = ___________________
8. Denkmal think + times,again = ___________________
9. Dreirad three + wheel = ___________________
10. Eichhörnchen oak+ horn +little one = ___________________
11. Eisbär ice + bear = ___________________
12. Eisenbahn metal + path, track = ___________________
13. Erdnuss earth + nut = ___________________
14. Fallschirm fall + screen = ___________________
15. Faultier lazy + animal = ___________________
16. Feuerzeug fire + thing = ___________________
17. Fingerhut finger + hat = ___________________
18. Fledermaus ???? + mouse = ___________________
19. Fleischwolf meat + wolf = ___________________
20. Flugzeug flight + thing = ___________________
21. Friedhof peace + courtyard = ___________________
22. Frühstück early + piece = ___________________
23. Glühbirne glow + pear = ___________________
24. Grosseltern big + parents = ___________________
25. Gürteltier belt + animal = ___________________
26. Handschuh hand + shoe = ___________________
27. Haustier house + animal = ___________________
28. Hochzeit high + time = ___________________
29. Kabelbaum cable + tree = ___________________
30. Katzenjammer cat + crying shame, calamity = ___________________
31. Kaufhaus buy + house = ___________________
32. Kinderwagen children + car = ___________________
33. Kofferraum suitcase + room = ___________________
34. Krankenhaus sick + house = ___________________
35. Krankenschwester sick + sister = ___________________
36. Krankenwagen sick + wagen, car = ___________________
37. Kühlschrank cool + cabinet = ___________________
38. Kugelschreiber ball + writer = ___________________
39. Lampenschirm lamp + shield, screen = ___________________
40. Landkarte land + card = ___________________
41. Lebenslauf life + run = ___________________
42. Meerschweinchen sea + little pig = ___________________
43. Milchzähne milk + teeth = ___________________
44. Mitleid with + pity = ___________________
45. Mittagessen midday + food = ___________________
46. Mond/Sonnenfinsternis moon/sun + darkness = ___________________
47. Muttersprache mother + language = ___________________
48. Nachtisch after + table = ___________________
49. Nagetier gnawing + animal = ___________________
50. Nashorn nose + horn = ___________________
51. Neugier new + greed = ___________________
52. Nilpferd Nile + horse = ___________________
53. Ohnmacht without + power = ___________________
54. Pferdeapfel horse + apple = ___________________
55. Rathaus advice + house = ___________________
56. Reissverschluss rip + closer = ___________________
57. Rollschuh rolling + shoe = ___________________
58. Rollstuhl rolling + chair = ___________________
59. Rolltreppe rolling + stairs = ___________________
60. Säugetier sucking + animal = ___________________
61. Schäferhund sheep + dog = ___________________
62. Schauspieler look at + player = ___________________
63. Schmerztablette pain + tablets = ___________________
64. Schnabeltier bill (on a duck) + animal = ___________________
65. Schraubenzieher screw + puller = ___________________
66. Seehund sea + dog = ___________________
67. Sommersprossen summer + sprouts = ___________________
68. Spiegelei mirror + egg = ___________________
69. Stachelschwein thorn, spine + pig = ___________________
70. Staubsaugerdust + sucker = ___________________
71. Stinktier stink + animal = ___________________
72. Streichholz strike + wood = ___________________
73. Tatsache deed + thing = ___________________
74. Teufelskreis devil + circle = ___________________
75. Trinkgeld drink + money = ___________________
76. Unterschrift under + writing = ___________________
77. Untertasse under + cup = ___________________
78. Urgrosseltern original big + parents = ___________________
79. Vorhang in front of + hang = ___________________
80. Waschbär wash + bear = ___________________
81. Wörterbuch words + book = ___________________
82. Wolkenkratzer cloud + scratcher = ___________________
83. Zeitschrift time + writing = ___________________

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