-ismus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin -ismus. Compare -ism.

Suffix[edit]

-ismus

  1. Forming compound nouns describing a condition or system.

Derived terms[edit]

English words suffixed with -ismus

Alemannic German[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ismus

  1. -ism

Czech[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ismus m

  1. -ism

See also[edit]

Czech words suffixed with -ismus

German[edit]

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 -ismus on German Wikipedia

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ismus m (genitive -ismus, plural -ismen)

  1. -ism

Derived terms[edit]

German words suffixed with -ismus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; which is from stem of verbs in -ίζειν (-izein), or from -ισμα (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Suffix[edit]

-ismus m (n. -isma)

  1. -ism

Low German[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ismus

  1. -ism

Luxembourgish[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ismus m

  1. -ism
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