# -ling

-ling is a German suffix meaning “-ling”.

## In other languages

- Русский: суффикс существительных мужского рода стилистически нейтральных

## Meanings

1. Forms nouns from adjectives, indicating possession of or connection with a quality or property
   - schwach (“weak”) + -ling → Schwächling (“weakling”)
2. Forms nouns from other nouns, indicating a noun associated with or subordinate to it
   - Haft (“imprisonment”) + -ling → Häftling (“prisoner, inmate”)
3. Forms nouns from verbs, indicating a noun, especially a person, prone to doing an action
   - saugen (“to suck”) + -ling → Säugling (“infant, suckling”)
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