Use of English/Word Families/Overview

Wörter aus den selben Wortfamilien sind einfach zu behalten oder zu erschließen, da sie ja alle einen gemeinsamen Wortstamm haben.

Word from the same word families can be easily understood because the share a common root and pre- and suffixes you can identify.

Words in bold are commmon and important to learn.

A

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ability, disability, inability	enable,disable	able, unable, disabled	ably
acceptance	accept	acceptable, unacceptable, accepted	-ably
accident		accidental	-ally
accuracy, inaccuracy		accurate, inaccurate	-ely
accusation, the accused, accuser	accuse	accusing
achievement, achiever	achieve	achievable
act, action, inaction, interaction, reaction, transaction actor, actress	act	acting
activity, inactivity		active, inactive, interactive, proactive activate	actively
addition	add	additional	additionally
admiration, admirer	admire	admirable	admirably
advantage, disadvantage		advantageous, disadvantaged	advantageously
ad(vertisement), advertiser,	advertise	advertising
advice, adviser	advise	advisable,inadvisable, advisory
agreement, disagreement	agree, disagree	agreeable	agreeably
aim	to aim	aimless	aimlessly
amazement	amaze	amazed, amazing	amazingly
anger (anger management)	anger	angry	angrily
announcement, announcer	announce	unannounced
appearance, disappearance reappearance	appear, disappear, reappear
applicant, application	apply	applicable,applied
appreciation	appreciate	appreciable,appreciative
approval, disapproval	approve, disapprove	approving, disapproving	approvingly
approximation	approximate	approximate	approximately
argument	argue	arguable, argumentative	arguably
arrangement	arrange, rearrange
art, artist, artistry		artistic, artful	artistically
shame	shame	ashamed, unashamed, shameful,shameless	shamefully, shamelessly
attachment	attach, detach	attached, unattached, detachable, detached (semi-detached house)
attack, counter-attack, attacker	attack, counter-attack
attention	attend	attentive,inattentive	attentively
attraction, attractiveness	attract	attractive, unattractive	attractively
authority, authorization	authorize	authoritarian, authoritative, unauthorized
availability		available, unavailable
avoidance	avoid	avoidable, unavoidable
awareness		aware, unaware

B

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
base,the basics,basis	base (on)	baseless, basic	basically
bearer	bear	bearable, unbearable
beat, wife-beater	beater	beating unbeatable,unbeaten
beauty, beautician	to beautify	beautiful	beautifully
beginner, beginning	begin
behaviour/behavior (AmE) misbehaviour	behave, misbehave	behavioural/behavioral
belief, disbelief	believe, disbelieve	believable, unbelievable	unbelievably
block, blockage	block, unblock	blocked, unblocked
blood, bleeding	bleed	bloodless,bloody
the boil, boiler	boil	boiling
bore,boredom	bore	bored, boring	boringly
break, outbreak, breakage	break	unbreakable, broken, unbroken
breath, breather, breathing	breathe	breathless	breathlessly
brother, brotherhood			brotherly
build, builder, building	build, rebuild
burn, burner	burn	burning, burnt
burial	bury	buried

C

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
calculation, calculator	calculate	incalculable,calculated, calculating
calm, calmness	calm	calm	calmly
capability		capable, incapable	capably
care, carer	care for, about	careful, careless,caring, uncaring	carefully, carelessly
celebration, celebrity	celebrate	celebrated, celebratory
centre/center (AmE) centralization, decentralization	center, centralize, decentralize	central, centralized	centrally
certainty, uncertainty		certain, uncertain	certainly, uncertainly
challenge, challenger	challenge	challenging
change	change	changeable,interchangeable, unchanged, changing
character, characteristic, characterization	characterize	characteristic, uncharacteristic	characteristically
chemical, chemist, chemistry		chemical	chemically
circle, semicircle, circulation	circle, circulate	circular
cleaner, cleaning, cleanliness	clean	clean, unclean	cleanly
clarity, clearance, clearing	clear	clear, unclear	clearly
close,closure	close (schließen), enclose	(en)closed, closing
closeness	close (sich nähern)	close (by)	closely
clothes, clothing	clothe	clothed, unclothed
collection, collector	collect	collected, collective	collectively
colour/color (AmE) colouring/coloring	color coloured, discoloured, colourless/colourful	colorfully
combination	combine	combined
comfort, discomfort	comfort	comfortably
commitment	commit to	noncommittal, committed
communication, communicator	communicate	communicative,uncommunicative
comparison	compare	comparable,incomparable, comparative	comparatively
competition, competitor	compete	competitive, uncompetitive	competitively
completion, incompleteness	complete	complete, incomplete	completely, incompletely
complication	complicate	complicated, uncomplicated
computer, computing, computerization	computerize
concentration	concentrate	concentrated
concern	concern	concerned, unconcerned
conclusion	conclude	concluding, conclusive, inconclusive	conclusively
condition, precondition, conditioner, conditioning	condition	conditional, unconditional	conditionally,unconditionally
confidence	confide	confident,confidential	confidently, confidentially
confirmation	confirm	confirmed, unconfirmed
confusion	confuse	confused, confusing	confusingly
connection	connect, reconnect, disconnect	connected, disconnected, unconnected
consciousness,unconsciousness		subconscious,unconscious, conscious	consciously, unconsciously
consequence		consequent, inconsequential	consequently
consideration	consider, reconsider	considerable,considerate, inconsiderate,considered	considerably, considerately
continent		continental, intercontinental
continuation, continuity	continue, discontinue	continual, continued, continuous	continually, continuously
contribution, contributor	contribute	contributory
control, controller	control	controlling, uncontrollable	uncontrollably
convenience,inconvenience	inconvenience	convenient, inconvenient	conveniently
	convince	convinced, convincing, unconvincing	convincingly
cook, cooker, cookery, cooking	cook	cooked,uncooked
cool, coolness	cool down	cool	coolly
correction, correctness	correct	correct, incorrect,corrective	correctly, incorrectly
count, recount	count, recount	countable, uncountable, countless
cover, coverage,	cover, uncover	covering undercover, uncovered
creation, creativity, creator	create, recreate	creative,uncreative	creatively
crime, criminal, criminologist		criminal, incriminating incriminate	criminally
critic, criticism	criticize	critical, uncritical	critically
crowd, overcrowding	crowd	crowded, overcrowded
cruelty		cruel	cruelly
cry, outcry	cry	crying
culture, subculture		cultural, cultured	culturally
cure	cure	cured, incurable
custom, customer, customs	accustom, customize	customary	customarily
cut, cutting	cut, undercut	cutting

D

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
damage, damages	damage	damaging, undamaged
danger	endanger	endangered, dangerous	dangerously
dare,daring	dare	daring	daringly
dark, darkness	darken	dark, darkened, darkening	darkly
date	date, predate	dated, outdated
day,midday		daily	daily
dead, death	die, deaden	dead,	deadly, deathly
deal, dealer, dealings	dealt	dealt
deceit, deceiver, deception	deceive	deceitful, deceptive	deceptively
decision, indecision	decide on	decided, undecided, decisive,indecisive	decidedly, decisively,indecisively
decoration, decorator	decorate	decorative	decoratively
deep,depth	deepen	deep, deepening	deeply
defeat, defeatism, defeatist	defeat	undefeated,
defence/ defense (AmE), defendant, defender	defend	defenceless, indefensible, defensive	defensively
definition	define	definite, indefinite	definitely,indefinitely
demand, demands	demand	demanding, undemanding
democracy, democrat		democratic, undemocratic	democratically
demonstration, demonstrator	demonstrate	demonstrable,demonstrative	demonstrably
denial	deny	undeniable	undeniably
dependant, dependence, independence, dependency	depend on	dependable, dependent, independent	dependably, independently
description	describe	describable, indescribable, nondescript, descriptive	descriptively
desire	desire	desirable, undesirable, desired, undesired
destroyer, destruction	destroy	indestructible, destructive	destructively
determination, determiner	determine	determined, predetermined, indeterminate	determinedly
developer, development, redevelopment	develop, redevelop	developed, undeveloped, developing
difference, indifference,	differ from, differentiate	different, indifferent	differently
directness,direction, (to give) directions, director	direct, redirect	direct, indirect	directly, indirectly
disagreement	disagree (see also agree)	disagreeable	disagreeably
disappointment	disappoint	disappointed, disappointing	disappointingly
disaster		disastrous	disastrously
disciplinarian, discipline	discipline	disciplinary, disciplined, undisciplined
discoverer, discovery	discover
distance	distance	distant	distantly
disturbance	disturb	disturbed, undisturbed, disturbing	disturbingly
divide,division, subdivision	divide, subdivide	divided, undivided, divisible, divisive
divorce, divorcee	divorce	divorced
do,doing	do, outdo, overdo,redo, undo	done, overdone, undone
doubt, doubter	doubt /daʊt/	undoubted,doubtful, doubtless	undoubtedly, doubtfully
dream, dreamer	dream (about)	dream, dreamless, dreamy	dreamily
dress, dresser, dressing	dress, redress, undress	dressed, undressed, dressy	dressily
drink, drinker, drinking, drunk, drunkenness	drink	drunk, drunken	drunkenly
drive,driver, driving	drive	driving
due,dues	due, undue	duly, unduly

E

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
earner, earnings	earn
earth	unearth	earthy	earthly, unearthly
ease,unease, easiness	ease	easy, uneasy	easily, uneasily
east, easterner	east, easterly, eastern, eastward(s)
economics,economist, economy	economize	economic, economical, uneconomic(al)	economically
education	educate	educated, uneducated, educational	educationally
effect,effectiveness, ineffectiveness	effect	effective,ineffective, ineffectual	effectively, ineffectively
effort		effortless effortlessly
election, re-election, elector, electorate	elect, re-elect	unelected, electoral
electrician, electricity electric	electrify	electric, electrical	electrically
electronics		electronic	electronically
embarrassment	embarrass	embarrassed, embarrassing	embarrassingly
emotion		emotional, emotive	emotionally
emphasis	emphasize	emphatic	emphatically
employee,employer, employment, unemployment	employ	unemployed
encouragement, discouragement	encourage, discourage	encouraged, encouraging, discouraging	encouraginglly
end, (happy) ending	end	unending, endless	endlessly
energy	energize	energetic	energetically
enjoyment	enjoy	enjoyable	enjoyably
enormity		enormous	enormously
entrance, entrant, entry	enter
entertainer, entertainment	entertain	entertaining	entertainingly
enthusiasm, enthusiast	enthuse	enthusiastic, unenthusiastic	enthusiastically, unenthusiastically
environment, environmentalist		environmental	environmentally
equality, inequality	equalize	equal, unequal	equally, unequally
escape,escapism	escape	escaped, inescapable	inescapably
essence,essentials		essential	essentially
estimate,estimation	estimate, overestimate, underestimate	estimated
event, non-event		eventful, uneventful, eventual (=schließlich)	eventfully, eventually
exam, examination, cross-examination, examiner	examine,cross-examine
excellence	excel	excellent	excellently
excitement	excite	excitable, excited, exciting,unexciting	excitedly, excitingly
excuse	excuse	excusable, inexcusable	inexcusably
existence	exist, coexist	non-existent, existing, pre-existing
expectancy, expectation	expect	expectant, unexpected	expectantly, unexpectedly
expenditure,expense, expenses	expend	expensive, inexpensive	expensively, inexpensively
experience, inexperience	experience	experienced, inexperienced
experiment	experiment	experimental	experimentally
expert, expertise		expert, inexpert	expertly
explaining, explanation	explain	unexplained, explanatory, explicable, inexplicable	inexplicably
explosion, explosive	explode	exploding, explosive	explosively
exploration, explorer	explore	exploratory
expression	express	expressive	expressively
extreme,extremism, extremist, extremity		extreme, extremist	extremely

F

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
fact		factual	factually
fail, failure	fail	unfailing	unfailingly
fairness		fair,unfair	fairly, unfairly
faith, faithfulness		faithful, unfaithful	faithfully
familiarity, family	familiarize	familiar, unfamiliar	familiarly
fame	famed, famous, infamous	famously, infamously
fashion	fashion	fashionable, unfashionable	fashionably, unfashionably
fat	fatten	fat, fattening, fatty
fastener	fasten, unfasten
fault	fault	faultless,faulty	faultlessly
fear	fear	fearful, fearless, fearsome	fearfully, fearlessly
feel, feeling	feel	unfeeling
fiction, nonfiction		fictional, fictive
fill, refill, filling	fill (up), fill (in) , refill	filling
final, semifinal, finalist	finalize	final	finally
finish	finish	finished,unfinished
firmness,infirmity		firm,infirm	firmly
fish,fishing	fish	fish	fishily
fit, fittings	fit	fitted, fitting	fittingly
fix, fixation, fixture	fix	fixed, transfixed, unfixed
flat	flatten	flat	flatly
flower	flower	flowered/flowery, flowering
fold, folder	fold, unfold	folded, folding
follower, following	follow	following
force	force	forceful, forcible	forcefully, forcibly
forest, deforestation, forestry		forested
forgetfulness	forget	forgetful, unforgettable	forgetfully
forgiveness	forgive	forgiving, unforgiving
form, formation, transformation,	form, reform, transform	reformed reformer, transformer
formality	formalize	formal, informal	formally, informally
fortune		fortunate, unfortunate	fortunately, unfortunately
freebie,freedom	free	free	free,freely
freeze,freezer	freeze	freezing, frozen
frequency, infrequency	frequent	frequent, infrequent	frequently, infrequently
freshness,refreshments	freshen, refresh	fresh, refreshing	freshly, refreshingly
friend, friendliness	befriend	friendly, unfriendly
fright	frighten	frightened,frightening, frightful	frighteningly, frightfully
fruit, fruition		fruitful, fruitless,fruity	fruitfully, fruitlessly
fund, refund, funding	fund, refund	funded
furnishings,furniture	furnish	furnished, unfurnished

G

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
garden, gardener, gardening	garden
generalization	generalize	general	generally
generosity		generous	generously
gentleness, gentleman		gentle	gently
gladness	gladden	glad	gladly
glass, glasses		glassy
good, goodies, goodness, goods		good
government, governor	govern	governmental, governing	governmentally
gratitude,ingratitude		grateful, ungrateful	gratefully
greatness		great	greatly
green, greenery, greens (vegetables), greenhouse-effect		green	greenish, green
ground, underground, grounding,	ground	groundless, underground	underground
grower, growth, undergrowth	grow, outgrow	growing, grown, overgrown
guilt, guiltiness		guilty	guiltily

H

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
habit, habitat		habitual	habitually
hair, hairiness		hairless, hairy
hand, handful	hand (over)	underhand, handy
handle,handler, handling	handle
hanger hanging	hang, overhang
happiness,unhappiness	happy, unhappy	happily, unhappily
hardship	harden	hard	hard, hardly
harm, harmfulness	harm	unharmed, harmful, harmless	harmlessly
head, heading, overheads	head, behead	overhead, heady overhead
health		healthy, unhealthy	healthily, unhealthily
hearing	hear, overhear (belauschen)	unheard, unheard of
heart, heartlessness		hearty, heartened, heartening, heartless	heartily, heartlessly
heat, heater, heating	heat, overheat	heated,unheated	heatedly
height, heights	heighten	heightened
help, helper, helpfulness, helping	help	helpful, unhelpful, helpless	helpfully, helplessly
highness	high	high	highly
historian, history	historic, prehistoric, historical	historically
hold, holder, holding	hold
home		homeless, homely	home
honesty, dishonesty		honest, dishonest	honestly, dishonestly
hope, hopefulness, hopelessness	hope	hopeful, hopeless hope	hopefully, hopelessly
human, humanism, humanity, inhumantiy	human,inhuman, superhuman,	humanly, humanely
hunger	hunger	hungry	hungrily
hurry	to hurry	hurried, unhurried	hurriedly
hurt	hurt	unhurt, hurtful	hurtfully

I

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ice, icicle, icing	ice	icy	icily
identification, identity	identify	identifiable, unidentified
imagination	imagine	imaginable, unimaginable, imaginary	unimaginably, imaginative imaginatively
importance		important, unimportant	importantly
impression	impress	impressionable, impressive	impressively
improvement	improve	improved
increase	increase, decrease	increased	increasingly
credibility, incredulity		incredible, credible, incredulous	incredibly, incredulously
independence, independent	independent	independently
industrialist, industrialization, industry	industrial, industrialized, industrious	industrially, industriously
infection, disinfectant	infect, desinfect	infectious	infectiously
inflation	inflate, deflate	inflatable,inflated, inflationary
informant, information, informer	inform, misinform	informative, uninformative, informed, uninformed
injury	injure	injured, uninjured
innocence		innocent	innocently
insistence	insist on	insistent	insistently
instance,instant		instant, instantaneous	instantly, instantaneously
instruction, instructor	instruct	instructive	instructively
intelligence		intelligent, unintelligent, intelligible, unintelligible	intelligently
intent, intention	intend	intended, unintended, intentional, unintentional	intentionally, unintentionally
interest	interest in	interested, disinterested, uninterested, interesting	interestingly
interruption	interrupt	uninterrupted
interview, interviewee interviewer	interview
introduction	introduct	introductory
invention, inventiveness, inventor	invent, reinvent	inventive	inventively
invitation, invite	invite	uninvited, inviting	invitingly
involvement	involve in	involved, uninvolved
item	itemize	itemized

J

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
joke, joker	joke		jokingly
journal, journalism, journalist		journalistic
judge,judg(e)ment	judge	judgmental
juice, juices		juicy

K

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
keenness		keen (on)	keenly
keep, keeper, keeping	keep	kept
kill, overkill, killer, killing	kill
kindness,unkindness	kind, unkind	kindly, unkindly
knowledge	know	knowing, knowledgeable, known, unknown	knowingly, unknowingly,knowledgeably

L

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
enlargement	enlarge	large	largely
laugh, laughter	laugh	laughable	laughably
law, lawyer, outlaw	outlaw	lawful, unlawful	lawfully, unlawfully
laziness		lazy	lazily
lead, leader, leadership	lead	leading, lead
learner, learning	learn	learned, unlearned
legality, illegality, legalization	legalize	legal, illegal	legally, illegally
lengthen	lengthy, lengthening	lengthily
liar, lie	lie	lying
life, living	live, outlive, relive	lifeless,lifelike, lifelong	lifelessly liveliness,living live, lively,
light, lighter, lighting, lightening, lightness	light, lighten	light	lightly
dislike, liking	like, dislike	likeable
likelihood		likely, unlikely	likely
limit, limitation, limitations	limit	limited, unlimited
literature, literacy		literary, literate, illiterate
local, location, relocation	dislocate, relocate	local	locally
loser, loss	lose	lose
loudness		aloud,loud/loudly
love,lover	love	lovable, unlovable, loveless, lovely,	lovingly
low	lower	low, lower, lowly	low
luck	lucky, unlucky	luckily, unluckily

M

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
machine, machinery, machinist, mechanic, mechanics,mechanism		mechanical, mechanized	mechanically
magic, magician	do magic	magic, magical	magically
make, remake, maker,	make, remake	making unmade
man, manhood, mankind, manliness,	man	manly, manned, unmanned, mannish	mannishly, manfully
management, manager, manageress	manage	manageable,unmanageable, managerial
mark,marker, markings	mark	marked, unmarked	markedly
market, marketing, marketability, marketer, marketeer	market	marketable
marriage	marry, remarry	married, unmarried, marriageable
match, mismatch	match	matching, unmatched, matchless	matchlessly
material, materialism, materialist,	materialize	immaterial, materialistic	materially
meaning, meaningfulness	mean	meaningful, meaningless	meaningfully, meaninglessly
measure,measurement	measure	measurable, immeasurable,measured	immeasurably
medical, medication, medicine	to medicate	medical, medicated, medicinal,	medically, medicinally
memorial, memory	memorize	memorable	memorably
mentality		mental	mentally
method, methodology		methodical, methodological	methodically
militancy, militant, the military, militarist, militia,	military, militant,militaristic, demilitarized	militantly,militarily
mind, minder, reminder, mindlessness	mind, remind	mindless,mindful	mindlessly
minimum, minimization, minimalist	minimize	minimal, minimum	minimally
miss, near-miss	miss	missing
mistake	mistake	mistaken, unmistakable	unmistakably, mistakenly
mix, mixer, mixture	mix	mixed
modernity, modernization	modernize	modern, modernistic
moment		momentary, momentous	momentarily
mood, moodiness		moody	moodily
moral, morals, morality, immorality	moralize	moral, amoral, immoral, moralistic	morally
mother, motherhood	mother		motherly
move,movement, removal, movers (and shakers), remover,	move, remove	movable, unmoved, moving	movingly
murder, murderer	murder	murderous	murderously
music, musical, musician, musicality		musical,unmusical	musically

N

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
name	name, rename	named, unnamed, nameless	namely
nation, national, multinational,nationalism, nationalist, nationality, nationalization	nationalize	national, international, multinational, nationalistic	nationally, internationally
nature, naturalist, naturalization, naturalness the supernatural,	naturalize	natural, supernatural, unnatural, naturalistic	naturally, unnaturally
necessity	necessitate	necessary, unnecessary	necessarily, unnecessarily
need, needs	need	needless, needy, needed	needlessly
nerve,nerves, nervousness	unnerve	nervous, nervy, nerveless, unnerving	nervously, nervelessly, unnervingly
news, renewal, newness	renew	new,renewable, renewed	newly, anew
night, midnight overnight,		nightly, nights
noise, noisiness		noisy, noiseless	noisily
normality/normalcy (AmE), abnormality, norm	normalize	normal, abnormal	normally, abnormally
north, northerner		north, northerly, northern, north, northward(s), northbound
notice noticeable,	notice	unnoticed	noticeably
number, numeral	number, outnumber, enumerate	innumerable, numerical, numerous, numbered
nurse, nursery,	nurse	nursing