-else

See also: else and Else

Danish

Etymology

From -ilse, later -ælsæ, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-əlsə/, [-əlsə]

Suffix

-else c (singular definite -elsen, plural indefinite -elser, plural definite -elserne)

1. added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process
2. the result of, or something related to, such an action or process

Synonyms

• -ing
• -sel
• -tion

Derived terms

► Danish words suffixed with -else

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Low German

Alternative forms

• -els
• -elsch
• -sel
• -el

Etymology

From Middle Low German -else, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo; from Proto-Germanic *-isliją. Cognate with Dutch -sel, Swedish -else, Old English -else.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əlsə/, [(ə)lzə]

Suffix

-else n

1. Creating, from a verb, a noun which is created by the action of this verb (not necessarily one with which the verb is supposed to be done).

   Backelse (“pastry”): that which is baked (in a wider sense anything baked like bread and cakes) — from backen (“to bake”)

   Radelse (“riddle”): that which is guessed — from raden (“to guess”); compare German Rätsel, Dutch raadsel, Old English rǣdelse

   Riemelse (“rhyme”): that which is rhymed — from riemen (“to rhyme”)

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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• -sel

Etymology

From Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-Germanic *-isliją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əlzə/

Suffix

-else

1. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something on which the verb is performed.

   ên backelse

   a baked good; literally 'that which is created by baking'

2. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting an object which is used to perform the verb.

   ên deckelse

   a cover, a roof, a wrapping; literally 'that which is used to cover'

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

Suffix

-else

1. added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process
2. the result of, or something related to, such an action or process

Derived terms

► Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -else

References

• “-else” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• -elle

Etymology

A metathetic form of Proto-Germanic *-isliją, from Proto-Germanic *-is- (noun particle) + *-lij- (verbal particle). More at -sian, -lian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el.se/, [eɫ.ze]

Suffix

-else

1. (feminine suffix for inanimate objects) suffix creating nouns from verbs

   rǣdelse ― counsel, advise, riddle, enigma

   myrrelse, mierrelse ― an offense, scandal; stumblingblock

Declension

Declension of -else (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	-else	-elsan
accusative	-elsan	-elsan
genitive	-elsan	-elsena
dative	-elsan	-elsum

Synonyms

• -els

Descendants

• English: -le

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

Suffix

-else

1. creating nouns from verbs

Derived terms

► Swedish words suffixed with -else