See also: ern, ERN, and Ern

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Etymology

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In form, from Middle English -erne, -ern, -ren, -ron (northern(e), northron, so(u)thern(e), sothron, etc), from Old English -erne (norþerne, etc), from Proto-Germanic *-r- (probably from rebracketing of *nurþrōnijaz etc) + *-ōnijaz, whence also Old High German -rōni, Old Saxon -rōni, Old Norse -rǿnn / Old Norse -ǿnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from northern, southern, etc.

(Contrast the -ern in hāliġern, etc., which is related to ærn (place).)

Suffix

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-ern

  1. (nonstandard outside fossilized words) Added to the names of directions to form adjectives.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [-ɐn]
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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-ern

  1. (now rarely productive) iterative suffix, used to form verbs from other verbs
    Synonym: -eln
  2. used to form verbs from nouns, often with an additional prefix
    be- + ‎Weihrauch (incense) + ‎-ern → ‎beweihräuchern (to incense)

Etymology 2

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Extended form of -en, generalised from such forms as silbern, kupfern, ledern, originally also eisern, in which -er is derived from the stem or from the plural.

Suffix

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-ern

  1. made of (used to form adjectives from nouns)
    Glas (glass) + ‎-ern → ‎gläsern (glassen)

Etymology 3

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-ern

  1. Dative plural suffix for nouns that form the plural in -er (with or without Umlaut) or whose plural form (not root) already ends in -er.
    der Mann - den Männern
    der Rechner - den Rechnern

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English -ern, from ærn (place).

Suffix

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-ern

  1. Denotes a place related to the noun it attaches to

Etymology 2

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From Old English -erne.

Suffix

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-ern

  1. Alternative form of -erne
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  • English: -ern

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the adjectival use of -ærn (noun suffix denoting location), from ærn (place).

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Suffix

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-ern

  1. Suffix meaning "a place".
    hāliġ (holy) + ‎-ern → ‎hāliġern (sanctuary, holy place)
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  • Middle English: -ern

Etymology 2

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Variant of -erne.

Suffix

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-ern

  1. Suffix meaning "toward a place"; alternative form of -erne
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