(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”).
(masculine, morpheme) A modifier of nouns, meaning a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form, such as Häftling from Haft.
(masculine, morpheme) Suffix forming the names of many mushrooms.