-waarts

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -waerts < -weerts < -werts, from an adverbial genitive of Proto-Germanic *werdaz, byform of *wardaz (“turned to, facing”). Cognate with German -wärts, English -wards.

Suffix

-waarts

in or towards the direction referred to by the stem onto which this suffix has been appended; the resulting word is an adverb or adjective

Derived terms