derivational

• Die Bildung neuer Wörter durch das Hinzufügen von Affixen zu bestehenden Wörtern oder Wurzeln betreffend.

Relating to the formation of new words by adding affixes to existing words or roots.

1. Relating to word formationC2formal

   Characterized by inflections or processes that indicate a semantic relation between a word and its base, often creating a new word with a different meaning or part of speech.

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   • The suffix '-ness' is a derivational morpheme that turns adjectives into nouns.
   • Derivational morphology studies how new words are formed from existing ones.
   • Adding '-er' to 'teach' to form 'teacher' is a derivational process.