-haft

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === Compare German -haft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑft/ === Suffix === -haft Used to form adjectives from nouns. ‎Masse (“mass”) + ‎-haft → ‎massehaft (“en masse”) ‎Ärnscht (“earnestness”) + ‎-haft → ‎ärnschthaft (“serious”) ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German -haft, from Old High German haft, from Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *kap- (“to seize”). Cognates include Old English hæft (“captive”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts), Latin captus (“captured”), Old Irish cacht (“captive, chain”), Welsh caeth (“slave, captivity, chain”), Latin captīvus (“captive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-haft/, [haft] The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the /h/ may be unpronounced in common speech. === Suffix === -haft (productive) Used to form adjectives from nouns, describing having the property of, or similar properties to, the noun. ‎Masse (“mass”) + ‎-haft → ‎massenhaft (“en masse”) ‎Ernst (“earnestness”) + ‎-haft → ‎ernsthaft (“serious”) ‎Laie (“layperson”) + ‎-haft → ‎laienhaft (“amateurish”) Used to form adjectives from verbs, describing frequently or currently performing the action. ‎wohnen (“to reside”) + ‎-haft → ‎wohnhaft (“resident, residing somewhere”) ‎schwatzen (“to chat”) + ‎-haft → ‎schwatzhaft (“chatty”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Haft === References ===