On Tuesday 19 September 2006 22:41, eks dev wrote: > ahh, another one, when you strip suffix, check if last char on remaining > "stem" is "s" (magic thing in German), delete it if not the only > letter.... do not ask why, long unexplained mistery of German language
This is called "Fugenelement" and there are more characters than just the "s", although it might be enough to remove the "s" when trying to detect compounds. There are also cases where characters are removed (Wolle + Decke => Wolldecke). Also see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugenelement and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epenthesis (which emphasises pronunciation, but that's not a good explanation for the existence of these characters in German). Regards Daniel -- http://www.danielnaber.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
