-end
English
Alternative forms
Suffix
-end
- Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German -end, from Old High German -endi, -enti, -anti (present participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending). Cognate with Old English -ende (present participle ending). More at -and, -ing.
Pronunciation
Suffix
- A suffix forming the present participle of German verbs, analogous to English -ing.
- Weinend rief sie bei mir an. ― Crying, she called out with me.
- Die tanzenden Mädchen sind hübsch. ― The dancing girls are pretty.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-end
- (personal suffix, archaic) Added to verbs to form the future tense.
- (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.
- örvend (“to rejoice at something”)
Usage notes
- (both senses) Harmonic variants:
- -and is added to back vowel verbs
- -end is added to front vowel verbs
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-andz, taken from the present participle form of verbs. More at -ende.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-end
- suffix denoting the agent of an action
- frēond ― friend (originally, "one who loves", "lover")
- fēond ― fiend, one who hates
- berend ― bearer, carrier
- berēafigend ― despoiler, robber
- costiġend ― tempter
Declension
Declension of -end (strong nd-stem)
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