-ken
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-ken n (plural -kens)
- Alternative form of -ke
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EtymologyEdit
From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.
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-ken n (plural 1 -kes, plural 2 -kens, plural 3 -ken)
- (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives
- Haus → Häusken ― little house
- Dorf → Dörfken ― little village
- Pulle → Pülleken ― little bottle
Usage notesEdit
- After stops, particularly 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).
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- used to make diminutives
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EtymologyEdit
iken can be made -ken when it's to be added to a word that ends in a consonant. iken.
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