"-ant" meaning in German

See -ant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ant/
Etymology: From Middle High German -ant, from Old French -ant; and also directly from Latin -antis, -ans. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-ant}} Middle High German -ant, {{der|de|fro|-ant}} Old French -ant, {{bor|de|la|-antis}} Latin -antis, {{m|la|-ans}} -ans Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} -ant m (weak, genitive -anten, plural -anten, feminine -antin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: -anten [genitive], -anten [plural], -antin [feminine], weak [table-tags], -ant [nominative, singular], -anten [definite, nominative, plural], -anten [genitive, singular], -anten [definite, genitive, plural], -anten [dative, singular], -anten [dative, definite, plural], -anten [accusative, singular], -anten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin. Tags: masculine, morpheme, weak Related terms: -ans (english: unproductive synonym from the same source) [rare]
    Sense id: en--ant-de-suffix-de:agent_noun Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 9 7 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 15 7 7 11 11 14 2 4

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        "German terms derived from Latin",
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