-er

Meaning

1. (masculine, morpheme, strong) Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to the verb stem.
2. (masculine, morpheme, strong) Forms instance nouns from verbs.
3. (masculine, morpheme, strong) Indicates something defined by a number; in the plural often all numbers with the same first digits

Concepts

-er

field

ghost

👻

er

extremity

frame

fried eggs

frontispiece

hag

light

member

more

or

orphan

poor thing

reflection

shot

spectre

spirit

spouse

still

sword

wife

👰‍♀️

poor one

-or

-s

broad

sunny side up egg

canvas

egg

🥚

Synonyms

-en

Feld - s

-n

Weib - s

Geist - s

-e

-es

Familienmitglied -s

Arschgesicht ''n'' -s

Bild ''n'' - s

Licht ''n'' - s

Spiegelbild - s

Bild - s

Werk - s

Waisenkind - s

Waise -n

Stolz -es

Aushängeschild - s

Titelbild - s

-

Ei -s

Schwert

-s

-erin

alte Frau ''f''

Weib ''n'' - s

Translations

mais

-er

plus

fantasma

👻

-or

-ore

espectro

-eur

espasa

-er

dona

👩

-era

-triu

-dora

يتيم

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɐ]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -ære

Inherited from Old High German: -āri

Inherited from Middle High German: -er

In summary

From Middle High German -ære, -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic *-ārī, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, further etymology unknown but possibly from Latin -ārius.