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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

ableiten (linguistics)

English translation:

produce (derive from - in reverse)

Added to glossary by Dr Andrew Read
Feb 12, 2004 10:19
20 yrs ago
German term

ableiten (here)

German to English Other Linguistics
Die Adjektive dieser Gruppe enthalten oft das ebenfalls unproduktive Adjektivsuffix -ar: z.B. soohhar (eng, dünn) bildet die Neutrumsform soohharan, and daa/ad (rot) leitet die Neutrumsbasis da/adan ab.

gives rise to?
Proposed translations (English)
3 derives
5 +2 to derive from

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Feb 12, 2004:
to Italengger - no, the examples are in Burunge, an African language. To Hamo - I'm not sure that I know!
Roddy Stegemann Feb 12, 2004:
What is the difference between a Neutrumsform and a Neutrumsbasis?
Aniello Scognamiglio (X) Feb 12, 2004:
Ist soohhar ein deutsches Wort?

Proposed translations

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derives

Sorry, I phrased my agreement with the above answer incorrectly - please give the points to that answer.

What I wanted to say was:

"the neuter ending da/adan is derived from daa/ad (red)"
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - what I really wanted to be clear about was what was deriving from what, and you're the person who answered that!"
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to derive from

Oxford Dictionaryb) (herleiten; auch Sprachw., Math.) etw. aus/von etw. ableiten: derive sth. from sth.; das Wort ist aus dem Spanischen abgeleitet the word is derived from Spanish;
c) (Math.: differenzieren) differentiate «function».
2. refl. V. (sich herleiten) sich aus/von etw. ableiten: derive or be derived from sth.

(c) Dudenverlag, Oxford University Press
Peer comment(s):
agree Melanie Nassar
1 hr
agree Dr Andrew Read : Yes, but I'll think you'll need to reverse the concepts - "the neuter ending/form derives from da/adan..."
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