B2Word formation20 exercises
Wortbildung IV — Suffixe für Substantive (-ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -nis, -ling, -er/-erin)
Word Formation IV — Noun Suffixes
German suffixes determine gender and meaning of nouns. B2: all important suffixes systematically — formation rules and gender.
How the rule begins
Suffixes (Nachsilben) are attached to the end of a word and build new nouns. At the same time they fix the Genus — the grammatical gender. Knowing the suffixes helps you deduce the gender of an unknown noun.
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