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In compound nouns is there a way to distinguish which is the subject or the object?

I am translating a video game into German and have the phrase "troll kidnapper," meaning a troll who kidnapped a child. I would like to use a compound word like "Trollentführer," ...
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Spelling noun–noun compound words

I am translating my meatloaf recipe to German and am unsure about translating the meatloaf mixture from the sentence Transfer the meatloaf mixture into the loaf pan. I have: meatloaf → der ...
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