-els
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-els m pl
Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-els n
- Alternative form of -else
Usage notes edit
- Some dictionaries whose authors lack knowledge of Middle Low German or southern Low German dialects (i.e. do not know about the original form -else) might mistake this ending as having a plural -s and thus either create a pseudo-singular or mistake it for a plurale tantum.
- Some words might show a variant form which is not in general use, like -elsch or -sel. For example, the word Schüddels is more commonly found as Schüddelsch, and the word Fegels has nearly disappeared and gave place to its variant Feegsel.
Derived terms edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
A metathetic form of Proto-West Germanic *-islī.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-els m
- (masculine suffix for inanimate objects) suffix creating nouns from verbs
Declension edit
Declension of -els (strong a-stem)