Day 82 - Suffixes Flashcards

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German suffixes don’t have such abstract core meanings as the prefixes, and can usually translate one to one into English. It’s actually a good idea to memorize these, because they will show up a lot.

There is also one idiomatic expression using the suffix -los: Was ist los? (What’s the matter?).

Suffix Meanings -

-artig … -like
-bar … -able
-chen / -lein … small / young
-haft … Emphasizes root word.
-heim … home
-heit / -keit …. -ness
-ig … -y / in a certain way
-isch … -ish
-ismus … -ism
-lich … -ly
-los … -less, without
-reich / -voll … plenty
-sam … -some
-schaft … -ship
-ung … Changes verbs into nouns.
-wert / -würdig … worth doing

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Day 82 Vocabulary

  1. GROßARTIG brilliant / excellent
  2. ERKENNBAR…visible / recognizable
  3. GLAUBHAFT…credible / believable
  4. DIE EINSAMKEIT…loneliness
  5. DER KAPITALISMUS…capitalism
  6. HILFLOS…helpless
  7. ERFOLGREICH…successful
  8. SPARSAM…thrifty / cheap
  9. DIE FREUNDSCHAFT…friendship die Freundschaft (-en)
  10. DIE SEHENSWÜRDIGKEIT…landmark / sight seeing place die Sehenswürdigkeit (-en)
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  1. That’s brilliant!
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Das ist großartig!

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  1. This is unrecognizable.
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Das ist unerkennbar.

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  1. This report is not credible.
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Dieser Bericht ist nicht glaubwürdig.

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  1. It’s hard to cope with loneliness.
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Es ist schwer, mit der Einsamkeit zurechtzukommen.

▾Dictionary German-English
zurechtkommen verb
cope v (coped, coped)
Es gelang ihm schnell, mit der neuen Situation zurechtzukommen.
He quickly managed to cope with the new situation.
get along v
less common:
manage v · make out v

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  1. Capitalism is an economic system.
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Kapitalismus ist eine Wirtschaftsform.

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  1. I always feel helpless.
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Ich fühle mich immer hilflos.

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  1. I want to be successful.
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Ich will erfolgreich sein.

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  1. I am thrifty because I need to save.
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Ich bin sparsam, weil ich sparen muss.

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  1. I value friendship. (Friendship is very important to me.)
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Freundschaft ist mir sehr wichtig.

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  1. Are there many sights to see?
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Gibt es viele Sehenswürdigkeiten zu sehen?

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