Suffixes (R186) Flashcards
-bar
-ible/-able
bezahlen - to pay
bezahlbar - payable
denken - to think
denkbar - conceivable
-chen
diminutive, often adds an umlaut.
der Straße - street
der Sträßchen - little street
das Schiff - ship
das Schiffchen - little ship
-e
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
-(er)ei
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
-(er)isch
Turns verb stems and nouns into adjectives/adverbs:
schöpfen - to create
schöpferisch - creative
der Verräter - traitor
verräterisch - treacherous, perfidious
-es
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
-heit
Turns adjectives and nouns into abstract nouns. Always feminine.
verkehrt - wrong
die Verkehrtheit - wrongness
das Kind - child
die Kindheit - childhood
-in / -innen
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
-(ig)keit / -(ig)keiten
Turns adjectives into abstract nouns. Always feminine.
freundlich - friendly
die Freundlichkeit - friendliness
ahnungslos - unsuspecting, clueless
die Ahnungslosigkeit - ignorance, cluelessness
-lein
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
-lich
-able / -ably / -ly
Adjective/adverb suffix added to verb stems and nouns.
begreif(en) - to understand
begreiflich - understandable/understandably
Tag - day
täglich - daily
-s
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
-schaft
-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
-tum / -tumer
Added to nouns, sometimes with linking letters -en/-(e)s
der Herzog - duke
der Herzogtum - dukedom, duchy
der Held - hero
das Heldentum - heroism
-ung / -ungen
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.
