-ning

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ning"

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -ning, -ningr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [neŋ]

Suffix

-ning

1. Alternative form of -ing

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ning

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -ning, -ningr.

Suffix

-ning m or f

1. used to form nouns, usually from verbs.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ning

See also

• -ing

References

• “-ning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -ning, -ningr.

Suffix

-ning f or m or (m or f)

1. used to form nouns, usually from verbs.

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ning

See also

• -ing

References

• “-ning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -ning, -ningr.

Suffix

-ning c (productive)

1. Used to form nouns from a verb, usually referring to the end result of the verb action. Verb stems ending in n or certain consonant clusters take -ing instead.

   översättning, rättning

2. Some nouns ending in -an get an -ing or -ning suffix in the plural before the -ar/-arna plural suffix. (Note however, that begäran deviates from this pattern.)

   fordran → fordringar, förfrågan → förfrågningar, predikan → predikningar

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -ning

Uyghur

Suffix

-ning

1. Latin spelling of -نىڭ (-ning, “genitive case marker”)

Uzbek

Suffix

-ning (Cyrillic spelling -нинг)

1. Used to form genitive of nouns.
   • Otamning ruchkasi.

     It's my father's pen.