-lin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lin"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -lin, variant of -ling. More at -ling.

Suffix

-lin

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of -ling

Anagrams

• -nil-, NIL, nil

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• -elīn
• -elī (in rhymes)
• -lī

Suffix

-līn

1. Appended to a noun, making it a diminutive with neuter gender.

Derived terms

• brüederlīn
• esellīn
• heselīn
• knebelīn
• küechelīn
• lietlīn, liedlīn
• magetlīn, meidelīn
• müeterlīn, muoterlīn
• muschellīn
• ōrelīn, œrelīn
• singerlīn
• stërnlīn
• swësterlīn
• vaterlīn, veterlīn
• vrouwelīn, vröuwelīn, vröulīn
• vogellīn, vogelīn

Related terms

• -el
• heidelīn
• neselīn
• words formed with -elīn:
  • bërgelīn
  • boumelīn
  • buochelīn, büechelīn
  • ermelīn
  • hiuselīn
  • hiutelīn
  • hundelīn
  • hendelīn
  • kindelīn
  • liedelīn
  • miuselīn
  • pherdelīn
• words formed with -lī:
  • esellī
  • megtlī

See also

• -chīn, -ichīn
  • beinichīn
  • stërnechīn
  • vogelchīn, voilchīn

Descendants

• German: -lein
• Vilamovian: -ła
• Yiddish: ־ל (-l)