English-German translations for rebracketing

Definition of rebracketing

• The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors

Examples

• The understanding of "hamburger" as "ham + burger" (rather than "Hamburg" + "-er") is an example of rebracketing

Related words

• cerebral
• forebrain
• firebrand
• acerebral
• harebrained
• cerebrate
• cerebration
• intracerebral
• cerebralize
• rebranding