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B1Wortschatz 14 min
Word formation: nouns from verbs and adjectives, adjectives from nouns
If you know one word, you can guess five more derived from it: 'wohnen' → 'die Wohnung', 'frei' → 'die Freiheit', 'Sonne' → 'sonnig'. B1 reading texts and written work are full of these derived words. Recognising the suffixes quickly grows your vocabulary, and often tells you the article from the ending.
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If you know one word, you can guess five more derived from it: 'wohnen' → 'die Wohnung', 'frei' → 'die Freiheit', 'Sonne' → 'sonnig'. B1 reading texts and written work are full of these derived words. Recognising the suffixes quickly grows your vocabulary, and often tells you the article from the ending.
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