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Frage		Antworten
Invention of totally new terms Lernen beginnen		coinage
new words based on the name of a person or a place Lernen beginnen		eponym
The taking over of words from other languages Lernen beginnen		borrowing
a joining of two separate words to produce a single form Lernen beginnen		compounding
The combination of two separate forms to produce a single new term Lernen beginnen		blending
a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter form Lernen beginnen		clipping
A word of one type (usually a noun) is reduced to form a word of another type (usually a verb). Lernen beginnen		backformation
A change in the function of a word, as for example when a noun comes to be used as a verb (without any reduction) Lernen beginnen		conversion
are new words formed from the initial letters of a set of other words. Lernen beginnen		acronyms

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