Feminin

-esse

Bedeutung (Englisch)

used to form nouns describing the condition of being something (-ness, -ity, etc.)

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɛs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Old French -ece, from Latin -itia. The modern spelling is due to a phonetic merger with etymology 2; see below. Related to -ise.

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