-erlei

German

Etymology

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Suffix

1. Produces adjectives describing the number of kinds of a thing.

   ‎zwei (“two”) + ‎-erlei → ‎zweierlei (“two kinds of”)

   ‎manch (“many”) + ‎-erlei → ‎mancherlei (“many kinds of”)

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -erlei

• allerlei
• dreierlei
• einerlei
• hunderterlei
• keinerlei
• mancherlei
• mehrerlei
• vielerlei
• zweierlei