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Meaning of -nieks | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Added to nouns (or sometimes to adjectives and a few verbs) to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) agent nouns, referring to a person whose activity or occupation the original term is (like English -er), or who inhabits the place (city, country, etc.) named by the original term (like English -ian).
    morpheme
  2. Used to nominalize numerals to refer to numbers in the form of nouns (e.g., when speaking of grades, bills (banknotes), when mentioning numbers as labels that identify entities, etc.)
    morpheme

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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