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Compound Nouns

Posted by Nick B. on 2011-03-01 23:33:03

I mulled that exact question over whilst writing that post, actually, and came to the conclusion it ain't for two reasons. First, if the second noun were really in the genitive, then it would be "eine Tasse TeeS". Second, I recalled that I asked about this back when I was in the intensive course years ago, and learned then that the second noun takes the same case as the first. This quasi possessive-like characteristic of "of" in English in this particular case doesn't translate. Perhaps related is a difference in how one describes "a krug full of beer": "ein Krug vollER Bier" without "of/von". You can also say "ein Krug voll von Bier" but I don't know if that's normal.

Genitive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-02 04:48:57

Genitive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-02 05:08:30

Genitive Case by Nick B. on 2011-03-02 05:59:11

Genitive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-02 08:06:32

Possessive Case by Nick B. on 2011-03-02 14:34:07

Possessive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-02 20:51:54

Possessive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-02 20:59:29

Possessive Case by Nick B. on 2011-03-03 00:53:19

Possessive Case by Gunnar H on 2011-03-03 02:10:18

Possessive Case by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-03-03 04:41:30