"-te" meaning in German

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          "text": "raum (“wide, open”) + -te → Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”)",
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        "(rare, not productive, only as synchronic surface analysis) forms nouns from adjectives"
      ],
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        "as synchronic surface analysis"
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  ],
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    }
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        },
        {
          "text": "halb (“half”) + -te → Hälfte (“half, fifty percent”)",
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        },
        {
          "text": "raum (“wide, open”) + -te → Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”)",
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        }
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