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Ross Clark <
benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
On 8/06/2026 11:13 a.m., HenHanna wrote:
Apparently,
Against, Once, fifth, Nowadays, ... all have the same Suffix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0NtIR5-_U
Not "fifth".
____________omg... you're right!
The Outlier
Fifth: This word has no connection to the adverbial genitive. The -th suffix here is a Proto-Indo-European ordinal number
suffix used to create ranks (like fourth, sixth, seventh). The reason it
sounds similar in rapid speech is phonetic blending (coarticulation),
not grammar.
"Des einen Freud, des anderen Leid."
"Totgesagte leben l|nnger."
"Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing."
"Der Wunsch ist der Vater des Gedankens."
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my college German teacher called Genitive [class 2] or Type-2
Also,,, he talked about [Saxon type-2]
The Saxon Genitive (Pre-positioned)
The "Saxon Genitive" (s|nchsischer Genitiv) is named after the
Anglo-Saxons because it mirrors the English style of putting the
possessor before the noun and attaching an "-s" ending.
Unlike English, German does not use an apostrophe for this.
Example: Walters Auto (Walter's car)
Example: Marias Buch (Maria's book)
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