-erei

German Etymology From de gmh -erīe, from de fro -erie. The suffix first became productive in German to designate workshops pertaining to occupation names ending in de -er, such as de Bäckerei bakery from de Bäcker baker. These cases are more properly analyzed as derivations in de -ei from the occupation name. Later on, de -erei began to be freely attached to verb stems, autonomously from agent nouns. Compare e.g. de Bäckerei above with de Backerei baking derived directly from de backen to bake. Similar developments took place in nl -erij and, to a lesser degree, en -ery. Pronunciation de /əˈʁaɪ̯/ Germany de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--erei.wav Germany de /ɐˈʁaɪ̯/ [-ʁaɛ̯] Austria,South German,Switzerland de De--erei.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix f,en[rare] Used to form verbal nouns, which often have an informal, frequentative and/or negative overtone. de ge- de warten to wait Warterei [lengthy] waiting de singen to sing Singerei [unpleasant] singing Usage notes This suffix is of virtually unlimited productivity in colloquial German. Verbs whose stems end in -er or -el use the simple suffix de -ei instead: de quengeln to whine — de Quengelei whining Declension f,en[rare] Derived terms de See also de -ei Further reading Italian Etymology From -er- + it -ei. -er- is the reduced form of the Italian infinitive endings it -are and it -ere. it -ei stems from it la-vul - hĕbui / (h)ĕ(bu)i, from classical it la habuī, first-person singular perfect of la habeō.it Patota Giuseppe Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano 2002 il Mulino Bologna 88-15-08638-2 153 The Italian conditional mood stems from a Vulgar Latin periphrastic verb form consisting of infinitive + perfect of habere. Example: Italian it loderei I would praise stems from it la-vul laudare + hĕbui. Pronunciation -erèi Suffix verb used with a stem to form the first-person singular conditional of regular it -are and it -ere verbs See also Italian grammar, section Conditional mood in the English Wikipedia. Related terms Verb affix + Historic → Conditional -er-, -ir- + it -ei it -erei, it -irei it -esti it -eresti, it -iresti it -ebbe it -erebbe, it -irebbe it -emmo it -eremmo, it -iremmo it -este it -ereste, it -ireste it -ebbero it -erebbero, it -irebbero References Anagrams it eeir -iere