־ער
See also: ער
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German -ære, -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz; cognate with German -er.
Suffix
[edit]־ער • (-er)
- -er (one who does something)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German -ære, -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz; cognate with German -er.
Suffix
[edit]־ער • (-er)
- -er (a resident or inhabitant of a place)
- forms indeclinable relational adjectives relating to a place: -er, -ian
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle High German -er, from Old High German -iro from Proto-Germanic *-izô; cognate with German -er
Suffix
[edit]־ער • (-er)
- -er (forms comparative adjectives)
Usage notes
[edit]- The predicative form of the adjective may be used instead of the masculine nominative on adjectives whose base form (without the comparative suffix) already end in ־ער (-er), to avoid the adjective ending with ־ערערער (-ererer).
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish suffixes
- Yiddish noun-forming suffixes