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-sel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sel"

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch -sel, from Middle Dutch -sel, from Old Dutch -isli, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. -age, -ion; Creates nouns from verbs indicating something which performs or has undergone an action or is the result of the action.

Derived terms

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Afrikaans terms suffixed with -sel

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -sl, -sla, Old English -ls, -els. Related to -else. See “-sel” in Den Danske Ordbog.

Suffix

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-sel

  1. Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act of verbing", or a sense otherwise related to the act of verbing.

Usage notes

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Nouns formed with -sel can be of either gender. In declensions, -e- is elided by most speakers (thus e.g. brændsel, brændslet, brændsler, brændslerne), which is prescribed by Dansk Sprognævn.[1]

Derived terms

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Danish terms suffixed with -sel

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  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhBX0CqD6ds

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch -sel, from Old Dutch -isli, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī. Cognate with German -sel, Old English -else, Swedish -else.

Suffix

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-sel n

  1. -age, -ion; Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action.
    Examples:
    • ‎toevoegen (“to add”) + ‎-sel → ‎toevoegsel (“addition, appendix”)
    • ‎bakken (“to bake”) + ‎-sel → ‎baksel (“bake-age, something that has been baked”)
    • ‎verschijnen (“to appear”) + ‎-sel → ‎verschijnsel (“appearance, something that appears”)

Derived terms

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Dutch terms suffixed with -sel

Estonian

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. adessive singular of -ne

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *-islī.

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Suffix

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-sel (n)

  1. Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which is a fragment of the _target of a verb, whether mechanically created or by intellectual activity

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German terms suffixed with -sel

Low German

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. Alternative form of -else

Middle Low German

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. Alternative form of -else

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -sl, -sla.

Suffix

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-sel m or f

  1. used to form nouns from verbs.

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Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -sel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -sl, -sla.

Suffix

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-sel m

  1. used to form nouns from verbs.

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Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -sel

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Swedish

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. making a noun from a verb

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Swedish terms suffixed with -sel

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French -al.

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Suffix

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-sel

  1. Suffix turning a word into an adjective.
    ‎gök (“sky”) + ‎-sel → ‎göksel (“celestial”)

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Turkish terms suffixed with -sel
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