German

Alternative forms

• -sch

Suffix

-'sch

1. -ean, -ian, 's. (A suffix attached to names to produce eponymous adjectives. If this suffix is used, the noun generally remains capitalized. If -sch is used, the noun is generally not capitalized.)

   die Allen’sche Regel — Allen’s rule

   die Luther'sche Bibelübersetzung — Luther’s translation of the Bible

Usage notes

This suffix inflects: die Boole’sche Algebra, der Boole’schen Algebra; ein Boole’scher Körper. See also -sch, -isch.

Derived terms

• Allen'sche Regel
• Goethe'sch, Göthe'sch
• Grimm'sch
• Hitler'sch
• Hobbes'sch
• Locke'sch
• Luther'sch
• Mozart'sch