-e
Dutch
Etymology 1
From various suffixes of the Middle Dutch adjective inflection.
Suffix
-e
- Used to create the inflected form of an adjective, which is used after a definite determiner, or before masculine and feminine nouns in general.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.
Suffix
-e f
- (archaic) Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; the nouns express the quality of the adjective.
Synonyms
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch -e, the ending of the first and third person singular subjunctive.
Suffix
-e
- (archaic) Used to form the singular subjunctive of a verb.
Esperanto
Etymology
- Latin and Italian adverbial -e (as in bene "well"); perhaps reinforced by the Russian adverbial -e found after a palatalized consonant.
- Perhaps from the above; perhaps also Russian где "where"
Suffix
-e
- -ly; used to form adverbs.
- 2. -e is the ending for correlatives of place
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /-eˣ/
Suffix
-e
- Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives.
Declension
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Declension of -e (type hame)
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Declension of -e (type hame)
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Derived terms
See also
German
Suffix
-e
- used to form nouns from adjectives; the nouns express the quality of the adjective
- used to form the plural of some nouns, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel
- used to form the dative of masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable (dated except in certain fixed phrases)
- used to form the 1st person singular present indicative and subjunctive of a verb
- used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb
- gehen > er gehe
- used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛ/
Etymology 1
From e (“this”)
Alternative forms
- -é (rare)
Suffix
-e
- whether, if
- Nem tudom, voltál-e már Budapesten. - I don't know if you've ever been in Budapest.
- Suffix for tag (yes/no) questions.
- 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales)
- Van-e ott folyó és földje jó? / Is there a river and is its land good?
- Legelőin fű kövér / Are the grasses rich on its meadows?
- Használt-e a megöntözés: / Was the watering useful (i.e. to the meadows):
- A pártos honfivér? / The rebel's blood?
- Van-e ott folyó és földje jó? / Is there a river and is its land good?
- 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales)
Usage notes
Always written with a hyphen. Used in tag (yes/no) questions, but not all such questions use -e: in most cases a question is indicated only by emphasis and question mark. Always attached to the main word (usually the verb) of the predicate of the phrase.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-e
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster:
See also
Ido
Suffix
-e
- -ly; used to form suffixes
Usage notes
Any adjective can be converted into an adverb by swapping the -a suffix by -e.
Italian
Suffix
-e
- Used with a stem to form the third-person present of regular -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that don't take "isco"
Latin
Suffix
-ē positive (comparative -ius; superlative -issimē)
- -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
Usage notes
The suffix -e is usually added to a first/second-declension adjective stem to form an adverb of manner.
- Examples:
Synonyms
See also
Latvian
Suffix
-e
- Used to derive feminine nouns from masculine nouns (like English -ess).
- Used to form (feminine) nouns from verb stems (e.g., iestādīt -> iestāde, skatīt -> skate).
Synonyms
Related terms
Femine suffixes that include -e:
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.
Suffix
-e
- Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives, mostly those expressing physical properties.
Usage notes
This suffix originally triggered umlaut of the root vowel. This is seen in some words (kelde, from cout), but not in others (coude).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dutch: -e
Old English
Etymology
From West Germanic *-ā, from Proto-Germanic *-ê, which survives otherwise only in Gothic (and possibly Old Norse).
Suffix
-e
- forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin -ae (“first-declension ending”)
Suffix
-e
- (plural) -s (feminine/neuter)
Usage notes
- This form of the plural is indefinite, and used for feminine nouns in the nominative/accusative and genitive/dative cases which end in -ă, and some neuter nouns (with may or may not take plural -uri):
- mame, from mamă, fem.
- vise (also visuri), from vis, neut.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Possibly from Latin -e (“second-declension vocative ending”)
Suffix
-e
- Vocative singular (masculine/neuter)
Usage notes
- This suffix is absorbed in masculine and neuter definite nouns in -le:
Related terms
Etymology 3
From Latin -ere, the ending of the present active infinitive form of third conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.
Suffix
-e
- A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.
Related terms
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-e (Cyrillic spelling -е)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a young animal, plant, place name or is used as a collective noun.
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or neuter noun, denoting persons (mainly proper nouns) and having various other meanings.
See also
Swedish
Suffix
-e
- Conjugates verbs into the subjunctive mood (archaic except for the past subjunctive of vara: vore)
- Marker of definiteness on past participles ending in -ad
- Marker of plural on past participles ending in -ad
- Marker of definiteness on superlatives ending in -ast
- Marker of definiteness on adjectives describing nouns with masculine semantic gender (sex)