Suffix

See also: suffix

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffixum (“suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʊfɪks/

• Audio:

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Noun

Suffix n (strong, genitive Suffixes, plural Suffixe)

1. (linguistics, grammar) suffix, postfix

   Synonyms: (older) Affixum; (rarer) Postfix; (older) Suffixum; Nachsilbe

Declension

Declension of Suffix [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Suffix	die	Suffixe
genitive	eines	des	Suffixes	der	Suffixe
dative	einem	dem	Suffix, Suffixe1	den	Suffixen
accusative	ein	das	Suffix	die	Suffixe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Affix

Hyponyms

• Ableitungssuffix
• Adverbialsuffix
• Augmentativsuffix
• Deklinationssuffix
• Derivationssuffix
• Diminutivsuffix
• Flexionssuffix
• Fremdsuffix
• Kollektivsuffix
• Komparationssuffix
• Konjungationssuffix
• Lehnsuffix
• Pluralsuffix
• Verbalsuffix
• Vergrößerungssuffix
• Verkleinerungssuffix

 

• Dateisuffix

 

See also

• German diminutive suffixes: -chen, -lein; -el, -erl, -gen, -i, -ken, -l, -le, -li, -lin

Further reading

• “Suffix” in Duden online
• “Suffix” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache