-ken

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ken n (plural -kens)

1. Alternative form of -ke

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German

Etymology

From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kən/

Suffix

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

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

   Haus → Häusken ― little house

   Dorf → Dörfken ― little village

   Pulle → Pülleken ― little bottle

Usage notes

• 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 terms

► German words suffixed with -ken

• Häusken
• Herzken
• Käffken
• Mäusken
• Pülleken

 

Related terms

• Döneken
• PäckskenIf

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• -ke (Low Prussian)
• -sken
• -schen

Suffix

-ken n (plural -kens or -kes)

1. used to make diminutives

Derived terms

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

See also

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

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Japanese

Romanization

-ken

1. Rōmaji transcription of けん

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Turkish

Etymology

Made a suffix with a y in front of it from iken.

Suffix

-ken

1. while, when

   19 yaşımdayken

   when I was 19