Meanings
used to form nouns from adjectives, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel; the nouns express the quality of the adjective
stark (“strong”) + -e → Stärke (“strength”)
13 more meanings
Suffix
forms instrument nouns
anzeigen (“to display, indicate”) + -e → Anzeige (“display, advert”)
colloquialforms action nouns
abzocken (“to rip off”) + -e → Abzocke (“rip-off”)
colloquialused to form two-syllable clippings from feminine nouns
Frisur (“haircut”) + -e → Frise
Suffix
used to form the plural of some nouns; usually triggering umlaut of the root vowel in masculines and feminines, but not in neuters
Baum (“tree”) + -e → Bäume (“trees”)
used to form the dative of strong masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable
das Haus (“house”) → dem Hause (usually: dem Haus)
used to form various declined adjective forms, notably the nominative/accusative feminine singular
schön → die schöne Frau
used to form the 1st person singular present indicative (and subjunctive) of a verb
gehen (geh- + -en) → ich gehe (colloquial or poetic: ich geh)
used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb
gehen → er gehe
used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb
ging → ich ginge, er ginge
Suffix
derives demonyms from names of regions and countries
Schweden (“Sweden”) + -e → Schwede (“Swede”)
-ist; derives personal nouns from terms for scientific fields of Greek origin
Ornithologie (“ornithology”) + -e → Ornithologe (“ornithologist”)
derives alternative forms of certain personal nouns, particularly of weak loanwords
Katholik + -e → Katholike
directly derives loanwords of personal nouns
Dutch matroos + -e → Matrose