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# Compound splitting for query expansion

- Without compound splitting: 1 hit in the database of the GBV (January 2005)
  For example:
  "Kennst du Bücher über Kinderernährung, die im letzten Jahr erschienen sind?"
  (Do you know books on nutrition for children that were published last year?)
- With compound splitting: more than 10 hits (January 2005)
  For example:
  "Kennst du Bücher über Kinderernährung, die im letzten Jahr erschienen sind?"
  (Do you know books on nutrition for children that were published last year?)

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