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-ste
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The suffix -ste is an allomorph of -st, which primarily derives action nouns from verbs. A phonological condition is that the stem should end in a nasal consonant. An example is langste desire, which exists next to langst. Not all derivations with -st have a variant with -ste, however. If so, the formations with -ste mainly belong to an elevated style.

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More on this suffix is dealt with in the topic on -st.

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