See also: Ieren

German

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Alternative forms

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  • -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900)

Etymology

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    From Middle High German -ieren, extracted by rebracketing of verbs borrowed from (Old) French, such as parlieren (Old French parlier + -en), or Italian, such as spazieren (Italian spaziare + -en).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /iːrən/, [iːʁən], [iːrən], [iː.ɐn], [iɐ̯n]
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    • Rhymes: -iːʁən

    Suffix

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    -ieren

    1. Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found mainly as a rendering of French, Italian, and Latin suffixes like -ire and -iare in borrowings, but it is also sometimes applied with a factitive meaning to German stems.
      Möbel (furniture) + ‎-ieren → ‎möblieren (to furnish)
      Zentrum (centre) + ‎-ieren → ‎zentrieren (to centre)
      halb (half) + ‎-ieren → ‎halbieren (to halve)
      Buchstabe (letter) + ‎-ieren → ‎buchstabieren (to spell)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Bulgarian: -ирам (-iram)
    • Russian: -ировать (-irovatʹ)
    • Serbo-Croatian: -irati

    Middle High German

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    Etymology

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      From Old French -ier.

      Suffix

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      -ieren

      1. used in verbs, indicating the action of doing something related to the first part of the word
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      Descendants

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