-ieren

See also: Ieren

German

Alternative forms

• -iren (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German -ieren, extracted by rebracketing of verbs borrowed from (Old) French, such as parlieren (Old French parlier + -en), or Italian, such as spazieren (Italian spaziare + -en).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /iːʁən/, [iːʁən], [iː.ɐn], [iɐ̯n]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -iːʁən

Suffix

1. Factitive verb suffix, used chiefly with borrowed terms, but occasionally with German stems as well.

   ‎Möbel (“furniture”) + ‎-ieren → ‎möblieren (“to furnish”)

   ‎Zentrum (“centre”) + ‎-ieren → ‎zentrieren (“to centre”)

   ‎halb (“half”) + ‎-ieren → ‎halbieren (“to halve”)

   ‎Buchstabe (“letter”) + ‎-ieren → ‎buchstabieren (“to spell”)

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ieren

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian: -irati

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Middle High German

Etymology

From Old French -ier.

Suffix

-ieren

1. used in verbs, indicating the action of doing something related to the first part of the word

Related terms

• disputieren
• halbieren
• hofieren
• muosieren, mūsieren
• studieren