"-ismus" meaning in German

See -ismus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ˈɪs.mʊs/ Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ismus.wav , De--ismus.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -ɪsmʊs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:lbor|la:-ismus<id:-ism>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ism", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐσμός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ismus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-ismus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="-ismus">, {{lbor|de|la|-ismus|id=-ism}} Learned borrowing from Latin -ismus, {{der|de|grc|-ῐσμός|id=abstract noun}} Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} -ismus m (strong, genitive -ismus, plural -ismen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: -ismus [genitive], -ismen [plural], strong [table-tags], -ismus [nominative, singular], -ismen [definite, nominative, plural], -ismus [genitive, singular], -ismen [definite, genitive, plural], -ismus [dative, singular], -ismen [dative, definite, plural], -ismus [accusative, singular], -ismen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. -ism Tags: masculine, morpheme, strong Related terms: -ist
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