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The aggravating prefix "sau-" is considered as colloquial the most. You would not use it in other than a family or friends setting. …

In case of a letter that may be a little too harsh or strongly worded there is a German equivalent: In seinem Schreiben übte er scharfe Kritik an den gestrigen Beschlüssen. Therefore a quite com …

: The prefix er- is derived from a tonal weakening of the Old High German prefixes ur-, ar-, ir-, and er-, which mostly turned to er- in Middle High German. … Originally, the Germanic prefix ur- was used for epressing "aus" (i.e. out of, from within, originating), which is still seen in "heraus". This prefix did not make its way into English. …

According to this nice summary at Canoon.net we have separable prefixes: verb and prefix are separated on inflection. ab, an, auf, aus, bei, dar, ein, fehl, für, inne, los, nach, rück, vor, wieder, zu … A useful source is the DWDS where we can search for prefixes by adding a hyphen to the prefix in the sarch field. …

In German the prefix "schwarz-" is often used to depict something illegal like: Schwarzfahrer Schwarzarbeit Schwarzgeld Is there any specific origin for using black in this context? …

A dictionary providing all forms of prefixes to a given verb with appropriate translations will lead to rather lengthy lists because there are so many. Let me therefore suggest the following approach …

Im Deutschen Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm finden sich noch folgende Bedeutungen UNTERGEBEN, v.: a) in obhut, pflege geben b) unterordnen c) im kartenspiel eine niedrigere kar …

For several adjectives we can build an augmentative by adding the prefix "stock-" Gestern Nacht war es hier stockfinster. Stocksteif bleib er stehen und bewegte sich nicht von der Stelle. …

Erst in neuerer Zeit findet man das verstärkende Präfix "stink-" zu verschiedenen Adjektiven: stinksauer stinkreich stinknormal ...und noch viele mehr. Ist etwas darüber bekannt, woher dieses …

Where does this prefix "Mords-" come from? Is it in any way related to "Mord" (i.e. murder)? …

There is a most conclusive article on the etymology and usage of the prefix "ver-" in the "Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (nach Pfeifer)": ver- Präfix bei Verben und zugehörigen Nomina [. … A similar etymology has the English prefix for- (like in "forbidden"). …

As we may have other questions on that topic. There is a quite concise online source for the concepts of German prefixation available in German, and (partly) translated to English: Canoo Net: Wortbild …

In colloquial German we often use the prefix "hunds-" or "hunde-" to aggravate a negative attribute from various adjectives, e.g. …

Schon länger frage ich mich, wie man die Etymologie von "Zuversicht" erkärt. Im Duden wird knapp aufgeführt mittelhochdeutsch zuoversiht, althochdeutsch zuofirsiht Duden und auch das Etymologisc …

In English usage the prefix "über" (loaned from German) has the meaning of: über-, uber-: denoting an outstanding or supreme example of a particular kind of person or thing. …