-eln
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eln"
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German -eln, -elen, from Old High German -alōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną (frequentative verbal suffix). Cognate with English -le, West Frisian -elje, Dutch -elen, Danish -le, Swedish -la, Icelandic -la.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
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- Suffix used to form verbs, chiefly from other verbs, but also from nouns and adjectives. The resulting verb often has an iterative/frequentative or a diminutive meaning.
Derived terms
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German suffixes
- German verb-forming suffixes
- German diminutive suffixes