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-esk
-esk
See also: ėsk
Dutch
Suffix
-esk
- -esque: in the style of manner of
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French -esque and Italian -esco.[1]
Suffix
-esk
- Used to form adjectives from nouns. Example: kafkaesk (“Kafkaesque”), from Kafka (“the writer Franz Kafka”)
References
- ↑ “-esk” in: Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1