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26.4.2 Exercise 2: Lexical compound words
Kaffee = coffee, Tasse = cup
Kaffeetasse
a certain type of coffee
a cup to have coffee
Bild = picture, Schirm = umbrella
Bildschirm
an umbrella that searches for painting, by van Gogh for instance
a picture that shows an umbrella
monitor
Gebirge = mountains, Kette = chain
Gebirgskette
cable railway
a chain that is only to be found in mountains
a mountain range
Telefon = telephone, Buch = book
Telefonbuch
a novel that tells a story about a telephone and a book in love
telephone book
a telephone in the mode of a book
Kugel = ball , Schreiber = writer
Kugelschreiber
a writer who plays soccer as well (Oliver Kahn, David Beckham, Stefan Effenberg for example)
a magic ball, playing on paper
a ball pen
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