Editing Augmentative (section)

=== German ===
In [[German language|German]], there are different ways to build augmentatives. They are rarely used [[Prefix (linguistics)|prefixes]]:
*''un-'', for instance in ''Unzahl'' "huge number", ''Unsumme'' "huge sum", ''Unmenge'' "huge quantity". Mostly used for negation, however (e.g. ''Unglück'' "bad luck", ''Unsinn'' "nonsense"), and occasionally in a pejorative sense (''Unwetter'' "bad weather", ''Untier'' "monster", lit. "un-animal").
* ''ur-'', for instance, ''uralt'' "ancient"
* ''über-'', for instance, ''[[Übermensch]]'' (q.v.)
* ''aber-'', for instance, ''abertausend'' "thousands"
* ''mega-'', for example ''megageil'' "mega-cool"
* ''ultra-'', for example ''ultrageil "ultra-cool"''
* ''voll-'', for example ''Vollidiot'' "utter idiot"
* ''riesen-'' (from ''Riese'', meaning "giant"), for example ''riesengroß'' "enormous" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dwds.de/wb/riesen- | title=Riesen- – Schreibung, Definition, Bedeutung, Beispiele | date=August 31, 2022 }}</ref>
* ''stein-'', for example ''steinalt'' "very old, ancient", ''steinreich'' "very rich, wealthy" (lit. "stone-old", "stone-rich")