Read more about the various individual suffixes via the following links:

• -aal and -eel as in rivaalrival and korporaalcorporal
• -aar and -enaar as in wandelaarwalker and schuldenaardebtor
• -aard as in wreedaardbrute
• -aat as in AziaatAsian, resultaatresult and in chloraatchlorate
• -air as in diamantairdiamond seller
• -aris as in bibliothecarislibrarian (< bibliotheeklibrary)
• -dom as in mensdommankind < menshuman, prinsdomprincipality < prinsprince, and rijkdomwealth < rijkrich
• -e as in de blindethe blind person (< blindblind) and het paranormalethe paranormal (< paranormaalparanormal)
• -een as found in inhabitant names of common gender based on geographical names such as ChileenChilean (< ChiliChile), with a plural form in -en (ChilenenChileans), as well as in (international scientific) chemical compound names of neuter gender such as benzeenbenzene.
• -ees as in ChineesChinese person
• -elaar, a native non-productive cohering suffix found in names for trees and bushes based on fruit names such as perelaar/'pe.rə.lar/pear tree < peerpear
• -enis, a native cohering suffix found in action nouns derived from native verb stems. There are two allomorphs, -nis as in hindernisobstacle (< hinderento hinder) and -tenis as in bekentenisconfession (bekennento confess)
• -er as in werker (< werkento work) and stofzuigervacuum cleaner, i.e. something one vacuums with
• -erd as in dikkerdbig fellow, fatso
• -erik as in slimmerikclever person (< slimsmart)
• -es as in voogdesfemale guardian. There is an allomorph -esse in e.g. secretaressefemale secretary
• -eur as in masseurmasseur (cf. masserento massage), skiffeursingle scull rower (< English skiff) and amateuramateur
• -euse as in masseusefemale masseur (cf. masseurmasseur) and friteusedeep frying pan
• -heid as in gladheidsmoothness (< gladsmooth) and correctheidcorrectness (< correctcorrect)
• -iaan and -aan as in HegeliaanHegelian (< Hegel) and mohammedaanmuslim (Mohammed), inhabitant names AmerikaanAmerican; there is also a chemical use (saturated hydrocarbon) in formations like ethaanethane, C2H6
• -ief as in explosiefexplosive
• -iek as in symbolieksymbolism (< symboolsymbol) and semantieksemantics
• -ier as in herbergierinn-keeper (< herberginn) and glazenierstained-glass artist (< glasglass)
• -ier (French) as in hotelierhotel owner, hotelier
• -ière as in cabaretièrefemale cabaret artist and bonbonnièrebonbonnière
• -iet as in IsraëlietIsraelite, JemenietYemenite, meteorietmeteorite, grafietgraphite and chlorietchlorite
• -igheid as in gekkigheidfoolishness
• -ij and allomorphs as in voogdijguardianship (< voogdguardian), boerderijfarm (< boerfarmer), ambtenarijbureaucracy (< ambtenaarcivil servant)) and mooipraterijhumbug (< mooibeautiful and praattalk)
• -ijn as in augustijnAugustinian and Argentijnargentinian
• -in as in vriendinfemale friend (< vriendfriend) and leeuwinlioness (< leeuwlion)
• -ing as in uitvindinginvention (< uitvindento invent) and verhogingincrease, platform (< verhogento increase)
• -isme as in modernismemodernism (< modernmodern) and calvinismcalvinism (< CalvijnCalvin)
• -iteit as in absurditeitabsurdity (< absurdabsurd)
• -ling as in dorpelingvillager (< dorpvillage) and krakelingtype of cookie, cracknel (< krakento crack)
• -oir as in reservoirreservoir
• -oot as in Caïrootsomeone from Cairo
• -or as in donordonor, dictatordictator and tumortumor
• -rice as in directricefemale director (cf. directeurdirector) and organisatricefemale organiser (cf. organisatororganiser)
• -schap. Two suffixes can be distinguished: non-neuter -schap (de) as in vriendschapfriendship, de broederschapthe fraternity and dronkenschapdrunkenness, and neuter -schap (het) as in martelaarschapmartyrdom (< martelaarmartyr)
• -sel as in zaagselsawdust (< zagento saw)
• -st as in vangstcatch (< vangento catch)
• -ster as in zwemsterfemale swimmer (< zwemmento swim)
• -tal as in drietaltriple (< driethree)
• -t as in teelt[telt]cultivation (< teel[tel]to grow)
• -te as in stiltesilence (< stilsilent)
• -voud as in veelvoudmultitude (< veelmany, much)

• Diminutives
• Inhabitant names
• Personal nouns
• the circumfix ge..te