Common suffixes (endings to words) Flashcards

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bar

A

ible (denkar- thinkable)

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-chen and -lein

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dominutives (Hauslein- little house)

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-d

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changes verb into participle (singend- singing)

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-fach

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means times (dreifach- three times)

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-e

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added to an adjective will change it into noun (Gute- goodness)

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-haft

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expresses meaning of word in the stem lehrhaft (teaching)

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-heit, -keit, -igkeit

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added to adjectives to form abstract nouns (Ewigkeit- eternity)

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-ig

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like Enlglish y. (hungrig- hungry)

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-isch

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added to nouns to turn into adjectives (launisch- moody)

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-ismus

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added to adjectives to make nounse

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-lich

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added to verbs and nouns to turn into adjectives (when added to verbs, -lich means able, when added to nouns, it means ly.

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-los

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without, less (hilflos- helpless)

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13
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-mal

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time, times (manchmal- sometimes)

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-schaft

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Added to concrete nouns to make them abstract (Freundschaft- friendship)

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-ung

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added to verb and corresponds with -ing, -tion, -ment (Trennung (separation)

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