-ende
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-ende
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *-andz.
Suffix edit
-ende
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *-dô, cognate with English -th. The -n- is generalized from those stems that ended in -n originally, e.g. ti-ende from *tehun-dô.
Suffix edit
-ende
- forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *-andz.
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-ende
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz. Akin to Latin -āns, -ēns; Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Persian ـنده (-ande).
Suffix edit
-ende
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *-andiją. Compare Old Norse -indi.
Suffix edit
-ende
- used to form neuter nouns
- swǣsende ― food, victuals, flattery, blandishment
Usage notes edit
- Frequently used in the plural -endu.
Declension edit
Declension of -ende (strong ja-stem)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix edit
-ende
- Alternative form of -anne
Further reading edit
- Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “-ende”, page 250/2
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *-andz.
Suffix edit
-ende
- equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles (used with verbs that do not end with an unstressed -a in the infinitive)