An augmentative (abbreviated ) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is the opposite of a diminutive. Overaugmenting something often makes it grotesque and so in some languages, augmentatives are used primarily for comical effect or as pejoratives. Many languages have augmentatives for nouns, and some have augmentatives for verbs. Germanic languages English In modern English, augmentatives can be created with the prefixes: over-: e.g., overlord and overqualified. grand-: e.g., grandmaster and grandparent. super-: e.g., supermarket and superpower. mega-: e.g., megastore and megastar. arch-: e.g., archrival and archangel. Since the early 1990s, the prefix über- or uber- has also frequently been used as a borrowing from German. The suffix -zilla, expressing a monstrous quality, can also be considered an augmentative form. In some parts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the prefix "auld" is used as an augmentative, and a pejorative in some cases. An example of this is using "auld'un" or "auld one" to describe one's parents/grandparents. Dutch In modern Dutch, as in English, augmentatives are usually created with the prefixes: : e.g., and ("overweight" and "overheating") : e.g., and ("grandmaster" and "wholesaler") : e.g., and ("supermarket" and "superpower"). : e.g., and ("a very big contract" and "a very large movie theater") There are also prefixes that can be used for some adjectives: (blood) : e.g., and ("very beautiful" and "very own") (stone): e.g., and ("very rich" and "very good"; lit. "stone rich" and "stone good") (boulder): e.g., and ("very fast/hard/etc." and "very fun", lit. "boulder hard" and "boulder fun") German In German, there are different ways to build augmentatives. They are rarely used 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-creature"). 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 ultracool voll-, for example Vollidiot "utter idiot" Swedish In Swedish the way to build augmentative is to add one of many prefixes before the word. This can be done on words in most word classes. The most common prefixes are: jätte- "giant", super-, 'bauta-, mega-. For example:mega "gigantic" → megahus "gigantic house"snabb "fast" → jättesnabb "very fast"sten "rock"