-mässig

See also: massig, mäßig, and -mäßig

German

Suffix

-mässig

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of -mäßig.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”)

Suffix

-mässig

1. capable, characteristic, fitting, accordingly, according to measure; forming an adjective from a noun

Declension

Same as other Swedish adjectives that end in -ig

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -mässig

See also

• måttlig (cognate with German mäßig)
• medelmåttig (perhaps the only example of the suffix -måttig, also based on Maß/mäßig)

References

• mässig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)