TOP 10 adjective suffixes! Let's review the most common su | Learn German with Leo🦁

TOP 10 adjective suffixes!

Let's review the most common suffixes that form adjectives in German:

1. -ig

die Sonne (sun) - sonnig (sunny)

die Macht (power) - mächtig (powerful)

die Freude (joy) - freudig (joyful)

die Geduld (patience) - geduldig (patient)

2. -liсh

der Mensch (human) - menschlich (humanely)

der Freund (friend) - freundlich (friendly)

3. -haft

die Dauer (duration) - dauerhaft durable (long lasting)

der Sieg (victory) - sieghaft (victorious)

4. -e(r)

der Stein (stone) - steinern (stone)

das Gold (gold) - golden (golden)

5. -isch

die Politik (politics) - politisch (political)

das Quadrat (square) - quadratisch (squarely)

6. -er

/ used to form adjectives from city names /

Moskau (Moscow) - Moskauer (Moscow's citizen)

Berlin (Berlin) - Berliner (Berlin's citizen)

7. -bar

/ forms adjectives from the basics of transitive verbs /

danken (give thanks) - dankbar (thankful)

trinken (drinkable) - trinkbar (drinkable)

8. -sam

/ forms adjectives from the basics of nouns, adjectives and verbs /

lang (long) - langsam (slow)

bedeuten (mean) - bedeutsam (significant)

9. -voll, -reich

/ denote completeness of quality /

die Bedeutung (meaning) - bedeutungsvoll (meaningful)

die Abwechslung (change) - abwechslungsreich (diverse)

10. -leer, -frei, -los, -arm

/ indicate a lack of quality /

die Bedeutung (meaning) - bedeutungslos (meaningless)

der Geist (spirit, mind) - geistlos (mediocre)