-ken
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ken"
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-ken n (plural -kens)
- Alternative form of -ke
German Edit
Etymology Edit
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 notes Edit
- 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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Indonesian Edit
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-ken or -kên
- (dialect) alternative form of -kan (Java)
- memutuskan (standard) >> mêmutuskên (dialect)
- menyatakan (standard) >> mênyatakên (dialect)
- “Saya memutusken, ehem, untuk menyataken berhenti dari jabatan saya sebagai Presiden Republik Indonesia, terhitung sejak saya bacaken pernyataan ini pada hari ini, Kamis 21 Mei 1998.” ― I decided, um, to declare of resignation from my post as President of the Republic of Indonesia since I read this declaration on today, Thursday, 21 May 1998.
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-ken
Turkish Edit
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Etymology 1 Edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكن (-ken). Equivalent of iken (“while”).
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preceding vowel | ||
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A / I / O / U | E / İ / Ö / Ü | |
postconsonantal | -ken | -ken |
postvocalic | -yken | -yken |
-ken
- while, whilst, when, as
- Gençken daha hızlı koşardım.
- I used to run much faster when I was young.
- Hazır dışarı çıkmışken bir de kedi maması al.
- Since you're out already, buy us some cat food.
- Tam yemeğe başlayacakken kapı çaldı.
- Right when we were about to start the dinner, the door rang.
Etymology 2 Edit
preceding vowel | ||
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A / I / O / U | E / İ / Ö / Ü | |
default | -gan | -gen |
assimilated | -kan | -ken |
From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.
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-ken