Morphemes
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Morpheme
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Morphem ist die kleinste bedeutungstragende Einheit in der Sprache.
- English meaning
- A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language.
- Synonym
- sprachliche Grundeinheit
- German example
- Das Wort 'Unfreundlichkeit' besteht aus drei Morphemen: 'un-', 'freundlich-' und '-keit'.
- English example
- The word 'unfriendliness' consists of three morphemes: 'un-', 'friendli-' and '-ness'.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Morphem
- Plural Form
- die Morpheme
Related words
- Morpheme
morphemes
- Morpheme
Morphemes
- Bindevokal
A linking vowel is a vowel that is inserted between two word parts or morphemes to ease pronunciation.
- polysynthetisch
Polysynthetic means that a language combines a large number of morphemes (the smallest meaningful units) into a single word to express complex meanings.
- morphemisch
Morphemic means that something concerns or is based on the properties or structure of morphemes.
- Interfix
An interfix is a morphological element inserted between two morphemes within a word to ease pronunciation or support word formation.
- morphologisch
morphological