The English compositum “
beeswax” is one of those words that can be translated by simple concatenation of the translated nouns from which it is built. The German word for “
bees” is ”
Bienen,” the plural form of the feminine noun ”
Biene.” The German word for “
wax” is the etymologically related noun ”
Wachs.” Stringing ”
Bienen” and ”
Wachs” together, we get ”
Bienenwachs.”
The top picture shows candles made of beeswax for sale at the
Christmas market in downtown Bremen, Germany. A sign promises that the candles are made of 100% pure beeswax. If you want to buy a
beeswax candle, you would ask for a ”
Bienenwachskerze.” The feminine German noun ”
Kerze” means candle. The plural form of ”
Bienenwachskerze” is ”
Bienenwachskerzen.”
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