In the German language the compound noun always consists of more than one lexeme. There is an s between some of them, take Arbeitsgruppe as an example, while others don't have it, like Waldblume. I just want to know on which condition should I add s and when not?
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Technically speaking, a compound is a word and it sounds a bit weird to me saying that a word consist of more than one word. That's why I changed it in my edit to lexeme.– Em1Dec 17, 2014 at 14:11
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also related but in German: german.stackexchange.com/questions/5253/…– EmanuelDec 17, 2014 at 14:18
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also in German: german.stackexchange.com/questions/942/…– EmanuelDec 17, 2014 at 14:19
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german.stackexchange.com/questions/16121/…– EmanuelDec 17, 2014 at 14:19
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There is no hard and fast rule. Even native speakers of German are not always in agreement, depending on region (Austrians vs. German, e.g.)– IngmarDec 17, 2014 at 14:43
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