-en-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"
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Etymology edit
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-en-
- Genitival interfix indicating that the former element is a characteristic of the latter; sometimes connotes countability or plurality.
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German edit
Etymology edit
From -en, Middle High German -en.
Interfix edit
-en-
- Alternative form of -n-
- Mensch + -en- + Welt → Menschenwelt
- Frau + -en- + Versammlung → Frauenversammlung (“women's assembly, assembly of women”)
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Polabian edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Slavic *-en-. Compare prüsenĕ from Proto-Slavic *prosenъ.
Suffix edit
-en-
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References edit
- Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego[1] (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149
Romani edit
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Etymology edit
See -en.
Interfix edit
-en-
- Forms the oblique plural stem of oikoclitic nouns