-ger
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡer/, [ɡɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒer/
Suffix
-ger m (feminine -gera, neuter -gerum); first/second declension
- Forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns.
Usage notes
- The adjectives created with this suffix tend to be poetic and also have an analogous (and often more common) form created with the suffix -fer.
Declension
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ger | -gera | -gerum | -gerī | -gerae | -gera | |
| Genitive | -gerī | -gerae | -gerī | -gerōrum | -gerārum | -gerōrum | |
| Dative | -gerō | -gerae | -gerō | -gerīs | -gerīs | -gerīs | |
| Accusative | -gerum | -geram | -gerum | -gerōs | -gerās | -gera | |
| Ablative | -gerō | -gerā | -gerō | -gerīs | -gerīs | -gerīs | |
| Vocative | -ger | -gera | -gerum | -gerī | -gerae | -gera | |
Derived terms
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