-haftig

häftig Dutch Etymology From dated nl de -haftig, extended form of de -haft, generalised in Dutch by analogy with native nl -achtig. Pronunciation nl Nl--haftig.ogg Suffix -like, -ish Usage notes Used mostly in calques from German. Synonyms -like, -ish nl -achtig Derived terms nl nl deugdhaftig, nl eerhaftig, nl ernsthaftig, nl hartshaftig, nl heilhaftig, nl lijfhaftig, nl schaamhaftig, nl zeeghaftig German Etymology From de gmh -haftec, from de goh -haftīg. Equivalent to de -haft + de -ig. In contemporary German the two variants de -haft and de -haftig have been mostly regularised in such a way that the adjective ends in simple de -haft, but the nominal form ends in de -haftigkeit, e.g. de ernsthaft serious → de Ernsthaftigkeit seriousness. Pronunciation de /-ˌhaftɪç/ /-ˈhaftɪç/ de De--haftig.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix de suffix adjective-forming suffixes de chiefly dated de -haft Usage notes The form remains general in a few relicts like de leibhaftig, de teilhaftig, de wahrhaftig. Otherwise the standard language uses the simple form in de -haft. Some variants, however, like de ernsthaftig, de glaubhaftig, de namhaftig (for standard de ernsthaft, de glaubhaft, de namhaft), may still at times be heard in speech.