# How to use es analyzer for compound words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-analyzer-for-compound-words/20380 "2014-10-22T14:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sebninse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sebninse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sebninse)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-analyzer-for-compound-words/20380/1 "2014-10-22T14:09:57Z")
here is an example for an index with some documents containing dutch compound words. > "plaatstaal" is a dutch compound word. So after the custom analyzer "dutch" has been assigned to the field test I expected a search for "plaat" would return at least one hit. That's what i get: search for plaat { "took" : 2, "timed\_out" : false, "\_shards" : { "total" : 1, "successful" : 1, "failed" : 0 }, "hits" : { "total" : 0, "max\_score" : null, "hits" : [] } } Any idea why this is not working? Thanks for your help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-analyzer-for-compound-words/20380/2 "2014-10-22T16:08:38Z")
For decompounding, you need a more sophisticated algorithm, like in my plugin > **[GitHub - jprante/elasticsearch-analysis-decompound: Decompounding Plugin for...](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-analysis-decompound)** > > Decompounding Plugin for Elasticsearch. Contribute to jprante/elasticsearch-analysis-decompound development by creating an account on GitHub. which provides decompounding for german words. Jörg On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:09 PM, sebninse [sebninse@gmail.com](mailto:sebninse@gmail.com) wrote: > here is an example for an index with some documents containing dutch > compound words. > [Creating new elasticsearch index, with custom analyzer: stemming dutch compound words, finally run query · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/herrvonb/0a247aa7dfd0d155b418) > > "plaatstaal" is a dutch compound word. So after the custom analyzer > "dutch" has been assigned to the field test I expected a search for "plaat" > would return at least one hit. > That's what i get: > > search for plaat > { > "took" : 2, > "timed\_out" : false, > "\_shards" : { > "total" : 1, > "successful" : 1, > "failed" : 0 > }, > "hits" : { > "total" : 0, > "max\_score" : null, > "hits" : > } > } > > Any idea why this is not working? > Thanks for your help > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5f61d2c7-0385-4a9c-adb0-600c2f442e58%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoGVKKrxKoZ6JKaACj-dHVuXF9m-3H8hJkAwD0ZaP9dubA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoGVKKrxKoZ6JKaACj-dHVuXF9m-3H8hJkAwD0ZaP9dubA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-analyzer-for-compound-words/20380/3 "2017-07-06T00:54:24Z")