-nis

Meaning

A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or adjectives.

Concepts

-ness

-y

Synonyms

-heit

-keit

-

-schaft

-tät

Translations

-idade

-heid

-nis

-é

-ità

-ezza

-à

-ia

-tas

-ium

-schap

terminação dos substantivos em Esperanto

-idão

-ez

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -nisse

Inherited from Old High German: -nissī

Cognate with English: -ness

In summary

From Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī f, -nissi n, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī. Cognate to English -ness.