Suffix

See also: suffix

German

Etymology

From Latin suffixum (suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʊfɪks/

Noun

Suffix n (genitive Suffixes, plural Suffixe)

1. (linguistics, grammar) suffix, postfix

Declension

Declension of Suffix

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Suffix	die	Suffixe
genitive	eines	des	Suffixes	der	Suffixe
dative	einem	dem	Suffix, Suffixe1	den	Suffixen
accusative	ein	das	Suffix	die	Suffixe

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

• Affixum (older)
• Postfix (rarer)
• Suffixum (older)
• Nachsilbe

Hypernyms

• Affix

Hyponyms

• Ableitungssuffix
  • Diminutivsuffix (in German: -chen, -lein, -erl, -ken, -le)
  • Augmentativsuffix
• Adverbialsuffix
• Kollektivsuffix
• Verbalsuffix

Further reading

• Suffix in Duden online