Nominalization

13 languages

SpanishNominalización
C1Converting verbs/adjectives to nouns for formal style: desarrollar→desarrollo, posible→posibilidad. Common suffixes: -ción, -miento, -dad, -ncia. Academic and journalistic writing.
FrenchNominalisation
C1Converting verbs/adjectives to nouns for formal style: développer→développement, possible→possibilité. Common in academic and journalistic writing.
GermanNominalisierung
B2Converting verbs and adjectives to nouns: das Lesen, das Schöne, der/die Reisende.
PortugueseNominalização
C1Converting verbs/adjectives to nouns for formal style: desenvolver→desenvolvimento, possível→possibilidade. Common suffixes: -ção, -mento, -dade, -ncia.
Korean명사형
B2Making verbs into nouns: -기 (action/process), -(으)ㅁ (fact/state, more formal). Used with various constructions. -기 is more common in speech.
DutchNominalisatie
C1Converting verbs/adjectives to nouns for formal style: het werken, de werkende, werkzaamheden. Common suffixes: -ing, -heid, -tie, -isme. Creates more abstract, formal expression.
SwedishNominalisering
C1Creating nouns from verbs/adjectives: -ning (förbättring), -else (beslutelse→not used, but: förelse), -het (skönhet). Common in formal writing.
PolishNominalizacja
C1Converting clauses into noun phrases using verbal nouns (-nie/-cie), common in formal and academic writing.
DanishNominalisering
C1Creating nouns from verbs and adjectives: -ning (forbedring), -else (beslutning→beslutelse), -hed (skønhed). Common in formal writing.
NorwegianNominalisering
C1Creating nouns from verbs and adjectives: -ning (forbedring), -else (beslutning), -het (skjønnhet). Common in formal writing.
CzechNominalizace
C1Converting clauses into noun phrases using verbal nouns (-ní/-tí), common in formal and academic writing.
UkrainianНоміналізація
C1Converting clauses into noun phrases using verbal nouns (-ння/-ття), common in formal and academic writing.
MāoriKupu Whakaingoatanga
B2Turning verbs into noun phrases using 'te...anga' (the act of doing): 'te haerenga' (the going/journey). Suffixes -anga, -tanga, -manga create abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives.

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