-e
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Dutch [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From various suffixes of the Middle Dutch adjective inflection.
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Used to create the inflected form of an adjective, which is used after a definite determiner, or before masculine and feminine nouns in general.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.
Suffix [edit]
-e f
- (archaic) Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; the nouns express the quality of the adjective.
Synonyms [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
From Middle Dutch -e, the ending of the first and third person singular subjunctive.
Suffix [edit]
-e
- (archaic) Used to form the singular subjunctive of a verb.
Esperanto [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- Latin and Italian adverbial -e (as in bene "well"); perhaps reinforced by the Russian adverbial -e found after a palatalized consonant.
- Perhaps from the above; perhaps also Russian где "where"
Suffix [edit]
-e
- -ly; used to form adverbs.
- 2. -e is the ending for correlatives of place
Derived terms [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /-eˣ/
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives.
Declension [edit]
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Declension of -e (type hame)
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Declension of -e (type hame)
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Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
French [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e f
German [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- used to form nouns from adjectives; the nouns express the quality of the adjective
- used to form the plural of some nouns, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel
- used to form the dative of masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable (dated except in certain fixed phrases)
- used to form the 1st person singular present indicative and subjunctive of a verb
- used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb
- gehen > er gehe
- used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb
Hungarian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɛ/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From e (“this”)
Alternative forms [edit]
- -é (rare)
Suffix [edit]
-e
- whether, if
- Nem tudom, voltál-e már Budapesten. - I don't know if you've ever been in Budapest.
- Suffix for tag (yes/no) questions.
- 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales)
- Van-e ott folyó és földje jó? / Is there a river and is its land good?
- Legelőin fű kövér / Are the grasses rich on its meadows?
- Használt-e a megöntözés: / Was the watering useful (i.e. to the meadows):
- A pártos honfivér? / The rebel's blood?
- Van-e ott folyó és földje jó? / Is there a river and is its land good?
- 1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales)
Usage notes [edit]
Always written with a hyphen. Used in tag (yes/no) questions, but not all such questions use -e: in most cases a question is indicated only by emphasis and question mark. Always attached to the main word (usually the verb) of the predicate of the phrase.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
Usage notes [edit]
- (possessive suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster:
See also [edit]
Ido [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- -ly; used to form suffixes
Usage notes [edit]
Any adjective can be converted into an adverb by swapping the -a suffix by -e.
Italian [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Used with a stem to form the third-person present of regular -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that don't take "isco"
Latin [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-ē positive (comparative -ius; superlative -issimē)
- -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
Usage notes [edit]
The suffix -e is usually added to a first/second-declension adjective stem to form an adverb of manner.
- Examples:
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
Latvian [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Used to derive feminine nouns from masculine nouns (like English -ess).
- Used to form (feminine) nouns from verb stems (e.g., iestādīt -> iestāde, skatīt -> skate).
Synonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Femine suffixes that include -e:
Derived terms [edit]
Middle Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Dutch -i, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄.
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives, mostly those expressing physical properties.
Usage notes [edit]
This suffix originally triggered umlaut of the root vowel. This is seen in some words (kelde, from cout), but not in others (coude).
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- Dutch: -e
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From West Germanic *-ā, from Proto-Germanic *-ê, which survives otherwise only in Gothic (and possibly Old Norse).
Suffix [edit]
-e
- forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly
Derived terms [edit]
Romanian [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin -ae (“first-declension ending”)
Suffix [edit]
-e
- (plural) -s (feminine/neuter)
Usage notes [edit]
- This form of the plural is indefinite, and used for feminine nouns in the nominative/accusative and genitive/dative cases which end in -ă, and some neuter nouns (with may or may not take plural -uri):
- mame, from mamă, fem.
- vise (also visuri), from vis, neut.
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Possibly from Latin -e (“second-declension vocative ending”)
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Vocative singular (masculine/neuter)
Usage notes [edit]
- This suffix is absorbed in masculine and neuter definite nouns in -le:
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
From Latin -ere, the ending of the present active infinitive form of third conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.
Suffix [edit]
-e
- A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.
Related terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e (Cyrillic spelling -е)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a young animal, plant, place name or is used as a collective noun.
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or neuter noun, denoting persons (mainly proper nouns) and having various other meanings.
See also [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- Conjugates verbs into the subjunctive mood (archaic except for the past subjunctive of vara: vore)
- Marker of definiteness on past participles ending in -ad
- Marker of plural on past participles ending in -ad
- Marker of definiteness on superlatives ending in -ast
- Marker of definiteness on adjectives describing nouns with masculine semantic gender (sex)
Turkish [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-e
- to (It makes the word dative form)
Alternative forms [edit]
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch suffixes
- Dutch inflectional suffixes
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch noun-forming suffixes
- Dutch archaic terms
- Esperanto terms derived from Latin
- Esperanto terms derived from Italian
- Esperanto terms derived from Russian
- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
- Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto
- Esperanto BRO1
- Esperanto endings
- Finnish suffixes
- Finnish nominal suffixes
- Finnish hame-type nominals
- French suffixes
- German suffixes
- Hungarian suffixes
- Ido suffixes
- Italian suffixes
- Latin suffixes
- Latvian suffixes
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch suffixes
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English suffixes
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian suffixes
- Serbo-Croatian suffixes
- Swedish suffixes
- Turkish suffixes