Talk:Wander-

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Not a prefix, but the word stem of wandern and the normal way how to use a verb in compound words in German. Maybe this is a candidate for speedy deletion, too? --Zeitlupe 07:58, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Now this one is a more difficult issue. Note that Wander does not exist as an independent noun. -- Prince Kassad 08:49, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I've walked up and down several Wanderwegs in Switzerland - is that a reasonable use of the prefix? SemperBlotto 08:52, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Wanderweg is a compound word. I don't think that you call the first part in a compound a prefix. But I am not an expert in grammar. Maybe someone should decide this, who knows the exact definition of prefix --Zeitlupe 12:56, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

No, not as a noun, but as a verb, "wander" is the word stem of wandern. You can build a compound word starting with a verb too. Example: Kochgeschirr (cookware) is derived from the word stem koch from the verb kochen (to cook), not from the noun Koch (cook). See also w:de:Zusammengesetzte_Wörter#Typisierung_nach_den_beteiligten_Wortarten if you can read German. --Zeitlupe 12:53, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Delete If part of a compound is simply a word, which means the same thing in the compound as it does alone, then we should not have an affix entry for it. Ancient Greek is chock full of this phenomenon. We should only have affix entries when the part of a compound does not have a standalone counterpart, or means something different when its used as a compound. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 13:32, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

"Wander" is the root. German verb forms end in -en or -n, so "wandern" is the verb formed from that root. Basically, Zeitlupe is right.S Marshall 18:26, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

• Deleted per discussion. Ƿidsiþ 06:20, 25 November 2010 (UTC)