-igkeit

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German

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Etymology

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-ig +‎ -heit, analysable as -ig +‎ -keit.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪçkaɪ̯t/ (Germany; less common in southern regiolects)
  • IPA(key): /ɪkkaɪ̯t/, /ɪɡ̊kaɪ̯t/, /iɡ̊kaɪ̯t/ (most common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ɪɕkaɪ̯t/, /ɪʃkaɪ̯t/ (all central German dialects)
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Suffix

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-igkeit f (genitive -igkeit, plural -igkeiten)

  1. forms (usually abstract) nouns from adjectives
    süß (sweet) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Süßigkeit (sweetness, candy)
    müde (tired) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Müdigkeit (tiredness)
    sinnlos (meaningless) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Sinnlosigkeit (meaninglessness)
    fehlerhaft (faulty) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Fehlerhaftigkeit (faultiness)

Usage notes

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  • Used always with adjectives in -haft, -fest, and -los, sometimes with adjectives without other suffixes.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • -igkeit” in Duden online
  • -igkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache