Latvian affixes in German

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

This case refers to German dialects spoken in Latvia. Information and examples are from Polanska (2002:161–167).

1 nominal derivational suffix

  • -neck ‘occupation noun, agent noun’, e.g. kammerneck ‘peasant (lit. inhabitant of a small chamber)’, reiseneck ‘traveller’, vlosseneck ‘rafter’