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ableiten (here)

English translation: produce (derive from - in reverse)

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German term or phrase:ableiten (linguistics)
English translation:produce (derive from - in reverse)
Entered by: Dr Andrew Read

10:19 Feb 12, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: ableiten (here)
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?
Armorel Young
Local time: 15:23
derives
Explanation:
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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Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
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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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5 +2to derive from
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to derive from


Explanation:
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


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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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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
derives


Explanation:
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)"

Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading 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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