-ande

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ande"

Swedish

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ande

1. (present-participle suffix) -ing; added to stem of most verbs (those whose infinitive ends with an unstressed -a)

   Synonym: -ende

   ‎titta (“to look”) + ‎-ande → ‎tittande (“looking”)

   ‎läsa (“to read”) + ‎-ande → ‎läsande (“reading”)

Derived terms

• List of Swedish present participles

See also

• -else
• -ende
• -ing
• -ning

Anagrams

• enad, enda