Frequent Prefixes Un- das Unglück (misfortune), das Unrecht (injustice) express negation, mis-, in- An- die Anomalie das Anorganische express negation, an-, ab- Gegen- die Gegenbewegung (countermovement) der Gegenentwurf (alternative plan) counter-, anti-, opposite, (in) return, alternative Grund- das Grundgesetz (the fundamental law) das Grundlinie (the base-line) basic, fundamental Haupt- die Hauptperson (central figure) der Hauptgrund (main reason) main, chief, principal, primary, central Rück- der Rückweg (way back, return) der Rückschlag (setback) back, rear, re- Sonder- der Sonderfall (special case, exception) der Sonderbericht (special report) special, separate Zwischen- Zwischenbericht (interim report) Zwischenraum (interspace) intermediate, interim, inter-   Frequent suffixes gender suffix signification type of base word example m (der) -er -ler person doing a particular thing, practicing a profession, or playing an instrument verbs, some nouns Lehrer (teacher) Physiker (physicist) Künstler (artist) f (die) -heit -keit like - ness, -ty/-ity, makes nouns that express an abstract quality adjectives, some nouns Klugheit (cleverness) Vergesslichkeit (forgetfulness)   -in -ess, indicates female beings nouns Chefin Direktorin   -ität -ity adjectives Universität Identität   -schaft -ship, designates a group, a condition, a quality nouns Freundschaft (friendship) Mitgliedschaft (membership)   -ung -ion, -ing, -ment, makes nouns from verbs, indicates a development towards a state verbs Meinung (opinion) Bewegung (movement) n (das) -chen -lein show that the noun is a diminutive, i.e. reduced in size nouns Häuschen (small house) Kindlein (little child) Using the information above, guess the English meaning of the following words:  unendlich - English meaning: infinite  die Unendlichkeit - English meaning: infinity der Anwalt - English meaning: male lawyer  die Anwältin - English meaning: female lawyer   die Ordnung - English meaning: order  die Unordnung - English meaning: disorder   das Argument - English meaning: argument    das Gegenargument - English meaning: counterargument   der Punkt - English meaning: point   der Hauptpunkt - English meaning: main point die Pflanze - English meaning: plant   das Pflänzchen - English meaning: little plant