-falt

See also: falt, fält, and falț

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -valt, from Old High German -falt, from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz. Cognate with English -fold.

Suffix

-falt

1. -fold
2. -ness

Derived terms

• Vielfalt
• Sorgfalt
• Einfalt

Further reading

• “-falt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “-falt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Swedish

Etymology

Neuter of -fald.

Suffix

-falt

1. -fold; suffixing a number, creating an adverb

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -falt

hundrafalt

trefalt

See also

• -faldig

References

• falt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fald in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• flat