Many nouns in English have no ending that identifies them as nouns, but there are a number of suffixes common to nouns:
- -ation : relation, termination, vocation
- -dom : Christendom, freedom, kingdom
- -er : dancer, painter, reader, writer
- -hood : falsehood, motherhood, likelihood
- -ism : mutualism, socialism
- -ist : nationalist, racist
- -ity : charity, identity, levity
- -ness : idleness, kindness, watchfulness
- -or : author, governor, victor
Nouns in English may be compound, where two nouns (or a noun and another word) have been combined to create a new noun. Such compounds may have the two components written together, with a hyphen, or with a space between them:
- fishmonger
- book-burner
- Great Dane
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