-ERN adjective suffix – English Grammar Profiler

Almost every time a preposition, article or determiner is before a word ending with -ern and followed by a noun the word is an adjective or the name of a place.

1 IN (II) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 29239 2 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 26031 3 OF (IO) SOUTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 20522 4 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) ART (NN1) 14358 5 IN (II) WESTERN (NP1) AUSTRALIA (NP1) 13157 6 IN (II) MODERN (JJ) TIMES (NNT2) 11234 7 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 10597 8 IN (II) EASTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 10251 9 OF (IO) WESTERN (NP1) AUSTRALIA (NP1) 9404 10 IN (II) WESTERN (NP1) EUROPE (NP1) 8962 11 OF (IO) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 7823 12 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) LIFE (NN1) 6339 13 AT (II) NORTHWESTERN (JJ) UNIVERSITY (NN1) 5261 14 IN (II) WESTERN (NP1) CANADA (NP1) 4615 15 OF (IO) WESTERN (NP1) ONTARIO (NP1) 4279 16 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 4146 17 OF (IO) EASTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 3950 18 FOR (IF) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 3835 19 OF (IO) WESTERN (NP1) EUROPE (NP1) 3744 20 OF (IO) WESTERN (JJ_NP1) CIVILIZATION (NN1) 3742 21 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) DAY (NNT1) 3729 22 TO (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 3716 23 IN (II) MODERN (JJ) HISTORY (NN1) 3569 24 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) AFRICA (NP1) 3523 25 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) TECHNOLOGY (NN1) 3456 26 TO (II) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 3403 27 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 3381 28 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) ONTARIO (NP1) 3301 29 IN (II) MODERN (JJ) SOCIETY (NN1) 3285 30 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) VIRGINIA (NP1) 3284 31 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) SCIENCE (NN1) 3088 32 FROM (II) NORTHWESTERN (JJ) UNIVERSITY (NN1) 3068 33 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) ITALY (NP1) 3013 34 FROM (II) EASTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 2959 35 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) TIMES (NNT2) 2916 36 FROM (II) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 2825 37 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) NEW (NP1) 2802 38 IN (II) EASTERN (JJ) UKRAINE (NP1) 2682 39 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ONTARIO (NP1) 2651 40 IN (II) MODERN (JJ) DAY (NNT1) 2561 41 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) IRAQ (NP1) 2450 42 IN (II_RP@) SOUTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 2416 43 FROM (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 2405 44 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) SOCIETY (NN1) 2399 45 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) FRANCE (NP1) 2301 46 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) FRANCE (NP1) 2237 47 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) SYRIA (NP1) 2176 48 IN (II) WESTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 2160 49 IN (II) WESTERN (JJ_NP1) COUNTRIES (NN2) 2160 50 WITH (IW) MODERN (JJ) TECHNOLOGY (NN1) 2118 51 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) MEDICINE (NN1) 2108 52 TO (II) MODERN (JJ) DAY (NNT1) 2046 53 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ITALY (NP1) 2015 54 OF (IO) SOUTHERN (JJ) MISSISSIPPI (NP1) 1997 55 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) VIRGINIA (NP1) 1938 56 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) COLORADO (NP1) 1836 57 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) IOWA (NP1) 1836 58 OF (IO) SOUTHERN (JJ) AFRICA (NP1) 1835 59 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 1818 60 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 1808 61 TO (II) MODERN (JJ) TIMES (NNT2) 1757 62 IN (II) EASTERN (JJ) CANADA (NP1) 1721 63 BY (II) MODERN (JJ) STANDARDS (NN2) 1703 64 IN (II) WESTERN (JJ) CANADA (NP1) 1623 65 IN (II) WESTERN (NP1) NEW (NP1) 1596 66 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) ENGLAND (NP1) 1574 67 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ENGLAND (NP1) 1558 68 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) INDIA (NP1) 1547 69 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) NEW (NP1) 1545 70 IN (II) EASTERN (JJ) NORTH (ND1) 1510 71 AT (II) NORTHEASTERN (JJ) UNIVERSITY (NN1) 1508 72 ACROSS (II) NORTHERN (NP1) IRELAND (NP1) 1497 73 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) WARFARE (NN1) 1478 74 TO (II) EASTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 1430 75 IN (II) WESTERN (JJ_NP1) CULTURE (NN1) 1424 76 WITH (IW) MODERN (JJ) AMENITIES (NN2) 1400 77 OF (IO) WESTERN (JJ_NP1) CULTURE (NN1) 1375 78 AT (II) WESTERN (NP1) MICHIGAN (NP1) 1334 79 OF (IO) SOUTHERN (JJ) NEVADA (NP1) 1315 80 AT (II) WESTERN (JJ_NP1) UNIVERSITY (NN1) 1296 81 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) SPAIN (NP1) 1247 82 IN (II) NORTHERN (JJ) MICHIGAN (NP1) 1244 83 IN (II) SOUTHWESTERN (JJ) ONTARIO (NP1) 1230 84 TO (II) NORTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 1227 85 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) DESIGN (NN1) 1223 86 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) HUMANS (NN2) 1217 87 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) INDIA (NP1) 1212 88 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) ITALY (NP1) 1200 89 OF (IO) NORTHERN (JJ) NEW (NP1) 1200 90 OF (IO) WESTERN (JJ) EUROPE (NP1) 1190 91 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ALBERTA (NP1) 1185 92 FROM (II) NORTHERN (JJ) CALIFORNIA (NP1) 1177 93 OF (IO) SOUTHERN (JJ) MAINE (NP1) 1175 94 IN (II) EASTERN (JJ) WASHINGTON (NP1) 1164 95 IN (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ILLINOIS (NP1) 1160 96 OF (IO) WESTERN (NP1) SYDNEY (NP1) 1151 97 AT (II) SOUTHERN (JJ) ILLINOIS (NP1) 1149 98 FROM (II) NORTHEASTERN (JJ) UNIVERSITY (NN1) 1149 99 TO (II) WESTERN (NP1) EUROPE (NP1) 1147

100 OF (IO) MODERN (JJ) ARCHITECTURE (NN1) 1146