Suffixes (R186) Flashcards

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-bar

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-ible/-able

bezahlen - to pay
bezahlbar - payable

denken - to think
denkbar - conceivable

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-chen

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diminutive, often adds an umlaut.

der Straße - street
der Sträßchen - little street

das Schiff - ship
das Schiffchen - little ship

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-e

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added to verb stems and adjectives, turns them into nouns. Often umlaut is added. DON’T MIX UP WITH THE DATIVE.

falsch - wrong
das Falsche - the wrongdoing; that which is wrong.

erkennbar - recognizable
das Erkennbare - that which is recognizable

suchen - to search
das Suche - the search

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-(er)ei

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Turns verb stems into nouns. Always feminine.

schreiben - to write
die Schreiberel - the writing/paperwork

verschwenden - to waste
die Verschwenderei - the act of wasting, squandering

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-(er)isch

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Turns verb stems and nouns into adjectives/adverbs:

schöpfen - to create
schöpferisch - creative

der Verräter - traitor
verräterisch - treacherous, perfidious

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-es

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Turns adjectives and verbs into nouns. Note that the nouns is used without a determiner.

bekannt - well known, familiar
Bekanntes - that which is well known/familiar

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-heit

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Turns adjectives and nouns into abstract nouns. Always feminine.

verkehrt - wrong
die Verkehrtheit - wrongness

das Kind - child
die Kindheit - childhood

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-in / -innen

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Turns masculine nouns (usually job titles) into feminine form. Always feminine.

der Student - male student
die Studentin - female student

der Künster - male artist
die Künsterin - female artist

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-(ig)keit / -(ig)keiten

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Turns adjectives into abstract nouns. Always feminine.

freundlich - friendly
die Freundlichkeit - friendliness

ahnungslos - unsuspecting, clueless
die Ahnungslosigkeit - ignorance, cluelessness

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-lein

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Like -chen, it turns nouns into their diminutive form. Often adds an umlaut.

die Rose - rose
das Röslein - little rose

das Buch - book
das Büchlein - little book, booklet

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-lich

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-able / -ably / -ly
Adjective/adverb suffix added to verb stems and nouns.

begreif(en) - to understand
begreiflich - understandable/understandably

Tag - day
täglich - daily

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-s

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Turns nouns and other word forms into adverbs.

Morgen - morning
morgens - in the mornings/morningly lol

Anfang - beginning, start
anfangs - at first, initially

zusehen - to watch
zusehends (present part.) - visibly, noticeably

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-schaft

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-ship

Noun suffix added to other nouns, sometimes with the linking letters -(e)n. Always feminine.

der Freund - friend
die Freundschaft - friendship

der Pate - godfather, sponsor
die Patenschaft - godparenthood, sponsorship

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-tum / -tumer

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Added to nouns, sometimes with linking letters -en/-(e)s

der Herzog - duke
der Herzogtum - dukedom, duchy

der Held - hero
das Heldentum - heroism

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-ung / -ungen

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Noun suffix added to verb stems. Always feminine.

übereinstimmen - to agree
die Übereinstimmung - agreement

beschwören - to implore, to beseech
die Beschwörung - entreaty, plea

glieder(en) - to structure, subdivide
die Gliederung - structure, subdivision.

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