nounbrengst

Nounbrengst is a Dutch neologism used to refer to the yield or output of nouns in a text or spoken discourse. The term is not part of standard linguistic nomenclature and appears mainly in informal discussions, educational materials, or language blogs. It is a portmanteau that combines the English word noun with the Dutch word opbrengst, meaning yield.

In practical use, nounbrengst describes how many nouns appear in language production. It can be quantified by counting noun tokens or noun types relative to total words, yielding metrics such as noun frequency per thousand words or noun-type density. Related concepts include lexical density and part-of-speech distributions, which provide broader views on the noun proportion within a text.

Status and usage: the term remains informal and not standardized in scholarly linguistics. When researchers discuss nounbrengst, they typically mean a shorthand for noun content and may prefer conventional terms like noun frequency or lexical density in formal contexts.