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sprechen, to contradict, from wider, contra, and sprechen, 

 dicere ; Genii gthuung, satisfaction, from genug, satis, and 

 thun, facere; Einascherung, incineration, from ein, in, 

 aschern, cinerescere. 



In the formation of compounds from two or more distinct 

 words there is no limit, and frequently the components themselves 

 are derivatives, or even compounds. The following words show 

 the variety of such derivatives : Zeitraum, epoch Zeit, 

 time, and Raum, space; Fernrohr, telescope fern, far, and 

 Rohr, tube ; Fernsprecher, telephone fern, far, and 

 Sprecher, speaker ; Witterungsregel, prognostication 

 Witterung, weather, and Regel, rule ; Steinbruch, quarry 

 Stein, stone, and Bruch, rupture; Brennpunkt, focus, or 

 burning point; Gesichtslinie, visual line Gesicht, view, 

 and Linie, line ; Gemengstoffe, constituent parts Gemenge, 

 mixture, and Stoffe, materials ; Tiefseeschlamm, deep-sea 

 slime ; Erhebungslinie, line of elevation -- Erhebung, 

 elevation, from heben, to raise up ; Stickstoffverbindung, 

 nitrates Stickstoff, nitrogen, Verbindung, compound; 

 Ruderschwanz, dorsal-fin -- Ruder, oar, and Schwanz, 

 tail; Schichtenordnung, arrangement of strata; Kb'rper- 

 winkel, solid angle; Angriffspunkt, point of application 

 AngrifF, attack, Punkt, point ; Volksglaube, popular belief 



- Volk, people, and Glaube, belief; Wutkrankheit, 

 rabies, Wut, madness, and Krankheit, sickness; Flucht- 

 instinkt, flight instinct; Naturgesetz, natural law ; Hor- 

 rohr, ear trumpet hb'ren, to hear, and Rohr, tube, etc. 



Upon examination it will be seen that these compound words 



