-haftig

See also: häftig

Dutch

Etymology

From dated German -haftig, extended form of -haft, generalised in Dutch by analogy with native -achtig.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-haftig

1. -like, -ish

Usage notes

• Used mostly in calques from German.

Synonyms

• (-like, -ish): -achtig

Derived terms

• deugdhaftig, eerhaftig, ernsthaftig, hartshaftig, heilhaftig, heldhaftig, krijgshaftig, lijfhaftig, manhaftig, naamhaftig, schaamhaftig, zeeghaftig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -haftec, from Old High German -haftīg. Equivalent to -haft + -ig.

In contemporary German the two variants -haft and -haftig have been mostly regularised in such a way that the adjective ends in simple -haft, but the nominal form ends in -haftigkeit, e.g. ernsthaft (“serious”) → Ernsthaftigkeit (“seriousness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˌhaftɪç/, /-ˈhaftɪç/

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Suffix

-haftig

1. (chiefly dated) Alternative form of -haft

Usage notes

• The form remains general in a few relicts like leibhaftig, teilhaftig, wahrhaftig. Otherwise the standard language uses the simple form in -haft. Some variants, however, like ernsthaftig, glaubhaftig, namhaftig (for standard ernsthaft, glaubhaft, namhaft), may still at times be heard in speech.