-erlei

German

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Suffix

-erlei

  1. Produces adjectives describing the number of kinds of a thing.
    ‎zwei (“two”) + ‎-erlei → ‎zweierlei (“two kinds of”)
    ‎manch (“many”) + ‎-erlei → ‎mancherlei (“many kinds of”)

Derived terms
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