-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

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɐ]

Etymology

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.