A study of «word-formation meaning» patterns: based on nouns ending in the suffix - (er) ei in German

The purpose of this research is to find different patterns of word-formation meaning of German nouns ending in –(er)ei. These patterns despite being not very productive at the present time are of great importance for understanding the meanings of words according to a diversity of derived words. Data and initial research findings of the currently paper are adapted from the field of word-formation of German references. Secondary findings are the results of my research achievements. Choosing any of the varieties of –ei and –erei is dependent on the last phoneme of the verbal or nominal stem. Nouns ending in the suffix –(er)ei benefit from different patterns of word-formation meaning, only four patterns consist of action noun, consequence noun, locative noun and collective noun. It may contain one or more of the word-formation meaning. In addition to the original meaning the action noun may also be used for a pejorative connotation.