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-ismus
-ismus
English
Suffix
-ismus
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ismus'>English words suffixed with -ismus</a>
Czech
Suffix
-ismus m
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_suffixed_with_-ismus'>Czech words suffixed with -ismus</a>
German
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪsmʊs]
Suffix
-ismus m (genitive -ismus, plural -ismen)
Usage notes
- The genitive singular is sometimes also -ismusses.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-ismus'>German words suffixed with -ismus</a>
See also
- Category:German nouns ending in "-ismus"
- -ist
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; which is from the stem of verbs in -ίζειν (-ízein), or from -ισμα (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.mus/, [ˈɪs.mʊs]
Suffix
-ismus m (genitive -ismī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ismus | -ismī |
| genitive | -ismī | -ismōrum |
| dative | -ismō | -ismīs |
| accusative | -ismum | -ismōs |
| ablative | -ismō | -ismīs |
| vocative | -isme | -ismī |