Chapter 17 And Suffixes

Question 1

es geht um/ gehen um

Answer 1

to be a matter of, is a matter of, are a matter of

Question 2

-bar (e.g. denkbar)

Answer 2

-able/ible (denkbar = thinkable)

Question 3

-chen, -lien

Answer 3

diminutives

Question 4

-d (on verb)

Answer 4

Changes a verb to a present participle that acts as an adjective or adverb

E.g. singend = singing - as in, “the singing bird”

Question 5

-e (added to adjective)

Answer 5

Changes it into a noun

E.g. Kälte (coldness) from kalt

Question 6

-fach

Answer 6

X-fold, x-times

Question 7

-haft (e.g. zweifulhaft from zweiful)

Answer 7

Means having the quality of the word expressed in the stem.

E.g. doubtful from doubt (zweiful)

Question 8

-heit, -keit, -igkeit (to adjectives)

Answer 8

-ity or -ness.

transforms adjectives into abstract nouns: e.g. eternity, sickness, exactness

Question 9

-ig (e.g. hungrig)

Answer 9

Like -y (e.g. hungry, thirsty, etc.)

Question 10

-isch (added to nouns)

Answer 10

Makes them adjectives

E.g. neid(envy) becomes neidisch (envious)

Question 11

-ismus (to adjectives)

Answer 11

Makes them nouns (e.g. -ism)

Question 12

-ist (to adjectives)

Answer 12

Makes them people

E.g. humanist, pessimist

Question 13

-lich (to verbs and nouns)

Answer 13

Makes them into adjectives

To verbs: -able
To nouns: -ly

E.g. glauben to glaublich: believe to believable
Freund to freundlich: friend to friendly

Question 14

-los

Answer 14

Without, or less.

E.g. hilflos = helpless

Question 15

-mal

Answer 15

Time, or times

E.g. manchmal = sometimes

Question 16

-schaft (to concrete nouns)

Answer 16

Makes them abstract

E.g. neighbor into neighborhood, Wissen into Wissenschaft = knowledge into science.

Question 17

-ung (to a verb)

Answer 17

-ing, -tion, -ment

E.g. separate to separation, banish to banishment, etc.