Meanings
Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to the verb stem.
arbeiten (“to work”) + -er → Arbeiter (“worker”)
Forms instance nouns from verbs.
husten (“to cough”) + -er → Huster (“single cough, instance of coughing”)
Indicates something defined by a number; in the plural often all numbers with the same first digits
16 + -er → 16er (“the 16, the 16er, e.g. a bus, a football player, etc.”)
4 more meanings
Suffix
Used to form the plurals of some nouns, especially of neuter ones.
Kind (“child”) + -er → Kinder (“children”)
Suffix
Forms nouns indicating an inhabitant of a place, or a person originating from a place.
Suffix
Forms invariable adjectives from place names, with a genitival meaning, indicating origin from or association with that place.
Suffix
Forms the comparative form of adjectives.
lang + -er → länger