[Lexicog] suffix -dom

[Chaz Mortensen]

I mean, is the -tum in Datum anologous to the -tum in Heiligtum? (I  
am guessing it isn't.)

One of my fellow German teachers from years ago grew up in Texas. He  
took German class in school anyway and once his teacher said "all  
words ending in -ung are feminine nouns." He then raised his hand and  
said "What about der Dung?" And the teacher said, "OK, all nouns  
except that one are feminine." He raised his hand again and asked  
"What about der Kuhdung?" Then the teacher kicked him out of class!

-Chaz

On Oct 15, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Fritz Goerling wrote:

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> What d’you mean, Chaz?
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> Dom da dom dom... ?
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> Fritz,
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> What about Datum?
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> On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Neal_Brinneman at sil.org wrote:
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> princedom
> freedom
> dukedom
> boredom
> serfdom
> kingdom
> sheikhdom
> sheikdom
> officialdom
> thraldom
> seldom
> earldom
> random
> Christendom
> stardom
> martyrdom
> wisdom
> topsy-turvydom
> Neal
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> http://www.ncbrinneman.com
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