-nis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nis"
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī f, -nissi n, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī. Cognate to German -nis, English -ness.
Suffix
[edit]-nis n or f (plural -nis)
- -ness (nominalizer)
Usage notes
[edit]- Mostly neuter.
Derived terms
[edit]Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nis
- Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
Derived terms
[edit]Category Antigua and Barbuda Creole English terms suffixed with -nis not found
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch -nissi, -nussi, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī.
Suffix
[edit]-nis f (plural -nissen)
Usage notes
[edit]- While a cognate of -ness, this Dutch suffix is not an exact equivalent semantically; for example, it is not restricted to abstract nouns representing states of being but also produces more concrete, countable nouns, particularly action nouns.
- The deverbal suffix -nis proved one of the most productive noun-forming suffixes in Dutch up until 16th century Dutch.[1] It was a deverbal noun former and formed with verbal stems, infinitives or participles. Nowadays, the suffix -nis “-ness” is either no longer productive or at most marginally productive.
- In a few cases, the suffix carries a neuter gender; for example in vonnis and vuilnis
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī f, -nissi n, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī. Cognate to English -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nis n (genitive -nisses, plural -nisse)
- A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or adjectives. In some cases the suffix is feminine.
Derived terms
[edit]- Ärgernis
- Bedeutnis
- Bedrängnis
- Bedürfnis
- Begräbnis
- Behältnis
- Bekenntnis
- Besäufnis
- Bildnis
- Bündnis
- Eingeständnis
- Einverständnis
- Ereignis
- Erfordernis
- Ergebnis
- Erlebnis
- Ersparnis
- Erzeugnis
- Gedächtnis
- Gefängnis
- Geheimnis
- Gelöbnis
- Geschehnis
- Geständnis
- Gleichnis
- Hemmnis
- Hindernis
- Missverhältnis
- Missverständnis
- Säumnis
- Unverständnis
- Verbündnis
- Verhältnis
- Verhängnis
- Verlöbnis
- Vermächtnis
- Versäumnis
- Verständnis
- Verzeichnis
- Vorkommnis
- Wagnis
- Wildnis
- Zerwürfnis
- Zeugnis
- Zugeständnis
Suffix
[edit]-nis f (genitive -nis, plural -nisse)
- A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or adjectives, etymologically identical to the preceding.
- erlauben (“to permit”) → Erlaubnis (“permission”)
- finster (“dark”) → Finsternis (“darkness”)
Usage notes
[edit]There is no perfect rule to determine whether a noun with the suffix -nis is neuter (→ suffix 1) or feminine (→ suffix 2). The former may be concrete or abstract, whereas the latter are almost exclusively abstract.
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nis
- alternative form of -nesse
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nis f (noun-forming suffix)
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