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Chapter 26: Compound Words

  26.2.2 Lexical Compound Words


The word flächendeckend can be found in any dictionary. It consists of two words.

flächendeckend    
  Fläche = surface or territory
  deckend = participle of decken (= to cover) => covering

The direct translation would be: covering the (whole) surface or territory. The word flächendeckend can be used as adjective or as an adverb. And even if it is not an English word, that is to be found in a dictionary, one can easily imagine what flächendeckend.

flächendeckend    
  flächendeckend = covering a territory
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