-ken

See also: ken, Ken, KEN, kén, kèn, kēn, and kěn

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-ken n (plural -kens)

1. Alternative form of -ke

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

German Low German form of standard -chen.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kən/

SuffixEdit

-ken n (plural 1 -kes, plural 2 -ken, plural 3 -kens)

1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives

   Häusken ‑ little house

   Dörfkes ‑ small villages

Usage notesEdit

• After stops, particulary after k, a linking -s- is often inserted: Pack → Päcksken (see Päckchen (“parcel”)).
• Sometimes an old linking -e- is also preserved: Mann → Männeken (see derived terms below).

Derived termsEdit

► German words suffixed with -ken

• Häusken, Herzken, Käffken, Mäusken, Pülleken

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German Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• -sken
• -schen

SuffixEdit

-ken n (plural -kes)

1. used to make diminutives

Derived termsEdit

• Bömken
• Engelken
• Heken (“male (animal)”)
• Männken, Männeken
• Vägelken
• Seken (“female (animal)”)

See alsoEdit

• (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) -ing
• (East Frisian) -je, -tje, -ke

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

-ken

1. Rōmaji transcription of けん

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TurkishEdit

SuffixEdit

-ken

1. while, when

   19 yaşımdayken

   when I was 19