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simon_void | 4 days ago

not anything. As a German I see no way to compound "boiling water". It remains two words: "kochendes Wasser".

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OJFord|4 days ago

'Boiling' isn't a noun.

simon_void|4 days ago

true, but you'd be wrong to assume that Germans only compound words if both parts are nouns, e.g. "Gehweg" (walk way) and "Springseil" (jump rope) use the base of a verb. We do actually have "Kochwasser" ("kochen" means "to cook", "kochend" means "boiling") but that's not boiling water ("kochendes Wasser") but for water used for cooking.