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-skip
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The Germanic suffix -skip [skɪp] can be used to derive nouns from adjectives. Examples are: bliid happy > blydskip joy, better better > betterskip recuperation and dronken drunk > dronkenskip drunkenness. The output noun always has common gender. The suffix is not productive anymore in nominalizing adjectives.

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Nouns in -skip can have an adjectival, verbal but especially a nominal base. More information can be found in the topic on -skip with a noun as base.

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