I have multiple compound words with the same ending word:
- Listeneinträge,
- Gruppeneinträge,
- Inventareinträge,
- Verlaufseinträge
When I put them all in a sequence, is this the correct way to write?
Listen- Gruppen- Inventar und Verlaufseinträge
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When I put them all in a sequence, is this the correct way to write?
Listen- Gruppen- Inventar und Verlaufseinträge
The hyphen can indeed be used to prereference a second element of a word which is only explicitly written once at the end of said list. However, the list requires commas between all entries that are not followed by und, and a hyphen at the end of every word where a bit is missing. So the correct way would be:
Listen-, Gruppen-, Inventar- und Verlaufseinträge.
You can also use this at the beginning of an entry reversely:
Eintragsprobleme, -möglichkeiten, -varianten und -chancen.
And you can combine the two:
Gruppenein- und -austragungen.