-ende

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch -ende.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participle terms

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, from Proto-Indo-European *-onts.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participle terms
2. used to form [nouns] from certain (possibly no longer existing) [verbs]

   Coordinate terms: -else, -ing

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-dô, cognate with English -th. The -n- is generalized from those stems that ended in -n originally, e.g. ti-ende from *tehun-dô.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -th, -eth; suffix for ordinal numbers

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ende

betydende

efterfølgende

forbigående

foregående

forudgående

følgende

gloende

glubende

halvtredsende

halvtredsindstyvende

hamrende

ildebefindende

ildelugtende

ildelydende

ildevarslende

levende

løvfældende

medlidende

mislydende

omfattende

pågældende

pågående

sammenlignende

skinnende

skærende

stedsevarende

stinkende

tilstundende

tyvende

vedkommende

vedvarende

vejledende

vigende

References

• “-ende” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Suffix

-ende

1. (especially Early Middle English or Norfolk) alternative form of -ynge (present participle)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles and adjectives
2. equivalent of English -th, -eth; suffix for ordinal numbers

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.de/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz. Akin to Latin -āns, -ēns; Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Persian ـنده (-ande).

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles

   feallende snāw ― falling snow

Declension

Declension of -ende — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ende	-endu, -endo	-ende
Accusative	-endne	-ende	-ende
Genitive	-endes	-endre	-endes
Dative	-endum	-endre	-endum
Instrumental	-ende	-endre	-ende
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ende	-enda, -ende	-endu, -endo
Accusative	-ende	-enda, -ende	-endu, -endo
Genitive	-endra	-endra	-endra
Dative	-endum	-endum	-endum
Instrumental	-endum	-endum	-endum

Declension of -ende — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-enda	-ende	-ende
Accusative	-endan	-endan	-ende
Genitive	-endan	-endan	-endan
Dative	-endan	-endan	-endan
Instrumental	-endan	-endan	-endan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-endan	-endan	-endan
Accusative	-endan	-endan	-endan
Genitive	-endra, -endena	-endra, -endena	-endra, -endena
Dative	-endum	-endum	-endum
Instrumental	-endum	-endum	-endum

Descendants

• Middle English: -ynge, -ing, -inge, -ingge, -yng, -yngge, -end, -ende, -inde, -ynde (especially Early Middle English), -and, -ande (especially Northern, North Midlands)
  • English: -ing, -in', -in (fossilised -and, -ant)
  • Middle Scots: -and, -an
    • Scots: -in, -an

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-andiją. Compare Old Norse -indi.

Suffix

-ende

1. used to form neuter nouns

   swǣsende ― food, victuals, flattery, blandishment

Usage notes

• Frequently used in the plural -endu.

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	-ende	-endu
accusative	-ende	-endu
genitive	-endes	-enda
dative	-ende	-endum

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -ende

efnþrowiende

-endlic

yslende

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-ende

1. alternative form of -anne

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth (1898), Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “-ende”, page 250/2

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Suffix

-ende

1. (present-participle suffix) -ing; added to verbs that do not end with an unstressed -a to form the present participle

   Synonym: -ande

   ‎tro (“to believe”) + ‎-ende → ‎troende (“believing”)

   ‎klä (“to dress”) + ‎-ende → ‎kläende (“dressing”)

Anagrams

• Eden, eden