"-keit" meaning in German

See -keit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /kaɪ̯t/, [kaɪ̯t] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--keit.wav
Etymology: Result of an etymologically wrong segmentation (rebracketing) of two suffixes in Upper German dialects of Middle High German: -ec (modern -ig) and -heit: -ec-heit was interpreted as -e-keit. Later this phenomenon spread to other suffixes, and even to Central German dialects, in which the equivalents of -ig had never been pronounced with a final [k]-sound. (Compare the modern standard pronunciation of -ig [-ɪç].) However, in some northern dialects of Central German, like Ripuarian, -keit is still absent or has only recently been introduced from standard German. Compare Saterland Frisian -igaid. Etymology templates: {{glossary|rebracketing}} rebracketing, {{glossary|suffix|suffixes}} suffixes, {{m|gmh|-ec}} -ec, {{m|de|-ig}} -ig, {{m|de|-heit}} -heit, {{m|de|-ig}} -ig, {{m|gmw-cfr||-keit}} -keit, {{cog|stq|-igaid}} Saterland Frisian -igaid Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} -keit f (genitive -keit, plural -keiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: -keit [genitive], -keiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -keit [nominative, singular], -keiten [definite, nominative, plural], -keit [genitive, singular], -keiten [definite, genitive, plural], -keit [dative, singular], -keiten [dative, definite, plural], -keit [accusative, singular], -keiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Alternative form of -heit Wikipedia link: Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine, morpheme Alternative form of: -heit
    Sense id: en--keit-de-suffix-Lft1J0hg Categories (other): German rebracketings

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -keit meaning in German (3.4kB)

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