-igkeit

== German == === Etymology === From -ig +‎ -heit, analysable as -ig +‎ -keit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪçkaɪ̯t/ (Germany; less common in southern regiolects) IPA(key): /ɪkkaɪ̯t/, /ɪɡ̊kaɪ̯t/, /iɡ̊kaɪ̯t/ (most common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ɪɕkaɪ̯t/, /ɪʃkaɪ̯t/ (all central German dialects) === Suffix === -igkeit f (genitive -igkeit, plural -igkeiten) forms (usually abstract) nouns from adjectives ‎süß (“sweet”) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Süßigkeit (“sweetness, candy”) ‎müde (“tired”) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Müdigkeit (“tiredness”) ‎sinnlos (“meaningless”) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Sinnlosigkeit (“meaninglessness”) ‎fehlerhaft (“faulty”) + ‎-igkeit → ‎Fehlerhaftigkeit (“faultiness”) ==== Usage notes ==== Used always with adjectives in -haft, -fest, and -los, sometimes with adjectives without other suffixes. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-igkeit” in Duden online “-igkeit”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)