-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 Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Suffix

-ende

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

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. forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers

Norwegian

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

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

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. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles (used with verbs that do not end with an unstressed -a in the infinitive)

Anagrams

• Eden, eden