-de

-de Bildet abstrakte Substantive aus Verben, Adjektiven oder anderen Substantiven.

From Middle High German -ede, from Old High German -ida, von uwger. *-iþu , von Proto-Germanic *-iþō. Compare the equally rare doublet -te (from Low German). Cognate with Dutch -te, English -th.

• Old English: -þ, -þu, -þo, -t, -to
  • Middle English: -the, -ðe, -ðhe, -eth, -ethe, -ith, -ithe, -th, -þ, -þe, -yth; -t, -te
    • English: -th, -t
    • Scots: -th, -t
• Old Frisian: -ithe, -te
  • Saterland Frisian: -te
  • West Frisian: -te
• Old Saxon: -itha
  • Middle Low German: -ede, -de, -te
    • Low German: -de, -te
    • → German: -te
• Old Dutch: -itha
  • Middle Dutch: -ede, -de, -te
    • Dutch: -te, -de
• Old High German: -ida
  • Middle High German: -ede
    • German: -de (rare, not productive)
    • Luxembourgish: -t