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inburgeren

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But then what is burgeren? —Rua (mew) 20:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

It does not exist. Do you have any suggestions how the verb should be described? It's not a confix of in-+burger+-en. Because 'in' is not a prefix in this case.--DerRudymeister (talk) 20:42, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

in +‎ burger +‎ -en? —Rua (mew) 13:05, 9 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

neder-

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I think your recent edits to Nederturk, nederpop, nederjazz and nederwiet are incorrect, this isn't the directional neder but a prefix neder- with the meaning "Dutch (adj.)". This meaning doesn't occur for the stand-alone term, compare kunst- (artificial) and kanker-. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 09:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes you're right about that. I will undo those edits. Thanks! --DerRudymeister (talk) 14:14, 11 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

compound vs. affix templates

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Thanks for your recent updates of etymologies with suffixes. But here's a reminder that {{compound}} does not interpret affixes like -en correctly, you will need {{af}} or {{affix}} for that. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 10:47, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message. It seems I forgot about that, good that you point this out. I will try to edit the entries that contain the mistake, but if you encounter more feel free to edit those. --DerRudymeister (talk) 11:04, 25 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

-ierf, -ierp

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The i is short in these combinations, so they were already listed at Rhymes:Dutch/i-. You may want to merge your additions into there. —Rua (mew) 12:30, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message, I undid the edits for those entries and put them in the right rhyming categories. That means we're still left with four empty rhyming pages, should these be marked for a merger or deletion? Or can you simply remove them with some moderator magic? --DerRudymeister (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
I've deleted the pages now. —Rua (mew) 13:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for adding sources!

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DerRudymeister, thanks so much for going around adding sources to existing Proto-Germanic entries. I really appreciate that. Godspeed! --{{victar|talk}} 17:10, 1 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Victar, good to hear that it's appreciated! Most of the PGM reconstructions on the wiki can be found the etymogical dictionaries by Kroonen and Orel. I think it's worth the effort to add these references. I'm mostly focusing on verbs for the time being.--DerRudymeister (talk) 14:59, 2 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again. FYI, in {{R:gem:EDPG}}, |1= = |head=, |2= = |page=, and |3= or |passage=, so you can just do {{R:gem:EDPG|*hurjan-|259|*harmjan-}}. --{{victar|talk}} 16:31, 5 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

*-jan

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Hey DerRudymeister, can you please add |id= to {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan}}? So either {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan|id=denominative}} or {{af|gmw-pro|*-jan|id=factitive}}. Thanks. --{{victar|talk}} 00:41, 13 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Moving parameters

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DerRudymeister, I noticed you moving around parameters in derivational templates, i.e. {{af|term1|t1=gloss1|term2|t2=gloss2}} to {{af|term1|term2|t1=gloss1|t2=gloss2}}. Any reason for that? -- Sokkjō 16:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Sokkjo, thanks for the message. I've added subcategories for -janą and -āną and I was adding those to the entries. I noticed that the order of the parameters is inconsistent on quite a few entries. Either we do it {{af|term1|t1=gloss1|term2|t2=gloss2}} or do it {{af|term1|term2|t1=gloss1|t2=gloss2}}. I don't have a preference, but it should be done in a consistent manner for all entries. Please let me know what you think. DerRudymeister (talk) 16:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the reply. If you have a look at T:affix/documentation, {{af|term1|p1=para1|term2|p2=para2}} is the exampled method, as well as my preference. -- Sokkjō 17:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

PWG *-ōn derivatives

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I appreciate your project of adding new PWG *-ōn derivatives. Thanks for doing that. --{{victar|talk}} 23:36, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Module:odt-conj

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Could you take a look at Module:odt-conj? It's broken on a lot of pages. Just a heads-up, when you're working on a production module, it's a good idea to set up some test cases and keep an eye on CAT:E for any errors after you deploy. — Fenakhay (حيطي · مساهماتي) 00:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

I reverted all your changes because they caused a lot of breakage. Benwing2 (talk) 06:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Benwing2: It will only cause more errors since they have edited many entries using the new module's syntax. — Fenakhay (حيطي · مساهماتي) 06:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Fenakhay Are you sure? There were 68 errors before and only 3 now. Benwing2 (talk) 06:29, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, I see, they will show up. OK I will hack {{odt-conj-wk2}} (and {{odt-conj-wk1}}, {{odt-conj-wk3}}) to do nothing. What a mess. Benwing2 (talk) 06:32, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
As a general rule, DerRudymeister, you should develop your modules in userspace and only deploy to production once you've got everything working. Don't do your development directly on the production module. Benwing2 (talk) 06:35, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Fenakhay, Benwing2. Sorry to have caused so much trouble. The edits that I made yesterday to adjust the strong verb inflection, caused the issue. I shouldn't have left it in that state, it required more development. In the future I won't do development in the production modules, I promise. But I believe you have reverted too far back. The weak verb inflection that I created before that, actually worked fine. Which is also why I made all weak verb entries make use of the modules. If you will allow it, I will revert back to the situation on the 12th of August not the situation of the 4th February, because this broke the weak verb entries. Please let me know what you think. DerRudymeister (talk) 12:25, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
That is fine, I didn't know what was working and what not so I reverted everything. Benwing2 (talk) 19:06, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply