CompareGerman -haft
-haft
Used to formadjectives fromnouns . Masse ( “ mass ” ) + -haft → massehaft ( “ en masse ” ) Ärnscht ( “ earnestness ” ) + -haft → ärnschthaft ( “ serious ” ) FromMiddle High German -haft Old High German haft Proto-West Germanic *haft Proto-Germanic *haftaz ( “ captured, afflicted ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós *keh₂p- ( “ to seize ” ) .[ 1]
Cognates includeOld English hæft ( “ captive ” ) ,Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 ( hafts ) ,Latin captus ( “ captured ” ) ,Old Irish cacht ( “ captive, chain ” ) ,Welsh caeth ( “ slave, captivity, chain ” ) ,Latin captīvus ( “ captive ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /-haft/ ,[haft] The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the/h/ may be unpronounced in common speech. -haft
( productive ) Used to formadjectives fromnouns , describing having the property of, or similar properties to, the noun. Masse ( “ mass ” ) + -haft → massenhaft ( “ en masse ” ) Ernst ( “ earnestness ” ) + -haft → ernsthaft ( “ serious ” ) Laie ( “ layperson ” ) + -haft → laienhaft ( “ amateurish ” ) Used to formadjectives fromverbs , describing frequently or currently performing the action. wohnen ( “ to reside ” ) + -haft → wohnhaft ( “ resident, residing somewhere ” ) schwatzen ( “ to chat ” ) + -haft → schwatzhaft ( “ chatty ” ) 
