-ling

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (masculine,morpheme) Indicates possession of or connection with a quality or property, such as Schwächling (“weakling”) from schwach (“weak”) or Frühling (“the season Spring [which comes early]”) from früh (“early”).
2. (masculine,morpheme) A modifier of nouns, meaning a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form, such as Häftling from Haft.
3. (masculine,morpheme) Suffix forming the names of many mushrooms.

Synonyme

-chen

-lein

-erl

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[lɪŋ]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelhochdeutsch: -linc

Geerbt von Althochdeutsch: -ling

In summary

From Middle High German -linc, from Old High German -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling.