pos-delimitation tables

pos=noun pos=adj

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

nominalized adjectives, spelled with a capital, nominal head of NP der Grüne/noun   gefällt mir attributive adjectives: spelled with a small letter, gapping situation Der große/adj   Kuchen gefällt mir nicht, aber der kleine/adj  .

lexikalized nominalized adjectives der Blinde/noun   adjectival forms used in an attributive way Die gesunde Katze lief weg, die blinde/adj   blieb da.

nominalized present participles die große Liegende/noun   present participles used in an adjectival context die liegende/adj   Vase

nominalized past participles der Gesuchte/noun   attributively used past participles der gesuchte/adj   Dieb

Inhabitants of places Die Frankfurter/noun   sind alle Würstchen names of places in attributive adjectival distribution Frankfurter/adj   Würstchen

parts of foreign complex proper nouns (nonheads) New/noun   York parts of German complex proper nouns consisting of an adjective Freie/adj   Universität Berlin

pos=noun pos=verb

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

nominalized infinitives das Reisen/noun   infinitives part of verbal complex ich liebe es zu reisen/verb  

nominalized past participles das Gewünschte/noun   past participles used in a verbal context es wurde gewünscht/verb  

pos=noun pos=adpos

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

particles of foreign proper nouns Vincent van/noun   Gogh, Stratford upon/noun   Avon particles of German proper nouns Baron zu/adpos   Sch"onleben, Weil am/adpos   Rhein

pos=noun pos=art

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

article parts of foreign proper nouns A/noun   fish/noun   called/noun   Wanda/noun   Articles in German complex nouns Ein/art   Fisch namens Wanda

pos=noun pos=adv

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

weekdays used as nouns Ich mag Sonntage/noun  , an Sonntagen/noun  , die Langweile der Sonntage/noun   weekdays used adverbially montags/adv  , sonntags/adv  

times of the day der Morgen/noun  , an sch"onen Abenden/noun   times of the day, used adverbially abends/adv  , morgens/adv  

Nouns with capital letters! f"ahrt sein Rad/noun   particles derived from nouns, spelled with lowercase letters f"ahrt rad/[adv & particle]  

pos=noun pos=numeral

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

numbers meant as objects Die erste Hundert/noun   war schon an die Wand gemalt. cardinal numbers, prenominal position Er scho"s hundert/numeral   Tore.

Fahren Sie bitte langsam eine Acht/noun   Er scho"s acht/numeral   Hasen.

Hundert, Dutzend as collective groups Ein halbes Hundert/noun   Soldaten marschierte auf. hundert, zw"olf as normal cardinal numbers. Er scho"s hundert/numeral   Tore.

Million - spelled out meine erste Million/noun  , zehn Millionen/noun   Menschen Million - in figures meine ersten 1000000/numeral   Dollar

pos=noun pos=resid

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

nouns containing special characters (abbreviations etc) nach §/noun   218, H2O/noun   nonwords with no obvious nominal meaning Vierkantma"s 80x80x80/[resid & formula]  

Foreign names, one word, referring to an entity A/frgn   fish/frgn   called/frgn   Wanda/frgn   foreign inclusions in German text, proverbials, Latin expressions last/[resid & frgn]   but/[resid & frgn]   not/[resid & frgn]   least/[resid & frgn]  

Foreign names, more than word, referring to cities, institutions New/noun   York/noun  , University/noun   of/noun   Michigan/noun   foreign inclusions in German text, not participating in syntax Der ber"uhmte ``dedazo/frgn  '' (Fingerzeig) funktioniert immer noch.

Truncation, second part (head of compound) Haust"uren und -fenster/noun   Truncation, first part (nonhead) Haus-/trunc   und Fenstert"uren