-sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

Danish

Etymology

From søn (“son”); the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

-sen

1. (not productive) -son; Forms patronymic surnames.

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -sen

References

• Norwegian-American Surnames (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 1

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sən/

Suffix

-sen

1. Alternative form of -s (“patronymic suffix”)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -sen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sən/, /zən/
• Voiceless after obstruents, voiced after vowels and sonorants. (In the latter case, /s/ may occur regionally or idiolectally in individual words.)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German -sen, byform of -(ez)zen, from Old High German -ezzen, -azzen, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną. In some cases merged with unrelated Old High German -isōn, from Proto-Germanic *-isōną. Modern formations often interact with the nominal suffix -s in such a way that it is impossible to say whether the derivation is denominal or deverbal (e.g. stuppen > Stups > stupsen or stuppen > stupsen > Stups).

Suffix

-sen

1. Verbal suffix that expresses an action being intensified or stretched by iteration.

Alternative forms

• -zen, -schen

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -sen

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German -(e)sen, contraction of -hûsen. Thus a byform of German -hausen, which occurs in the same areas in seemingly random variation. Compare -trop, -trup, another Low German contraction that has often survived unaltered.

Suffix

-sen

1. Placename suffix found in northern Germany.

Derived terms

• Alvesen
• Amelsen
• Ammensen
• Apensen
• Armsen
• Behrensen
• Bennigsen
• Bötersen
• Buensen
• Dassensen
• Deensen
• Dehnsen
• Deinsen
• Deitersen
• Delligsen
• Delmsen
• Dibbersen
• Dörrigsen
• Drochtersen
• Dunsen
• Eilensen
• Eimsen
• Ellensen
• Erbsen
• Etelsen
• Garbsen
• Güntersen
• Hamersen
• Heinsen
• Hembsen
• Hettensen
• Holtensen
• Hornsen
• Hullersen
• Hülsen
• Imbsen
• Imsen
• Ippensen
• Kohnsen
• Kreiensen
• Lödingsen
• Lüdersen
• Mackensen
• Meckelsen
• Naensen
• Offensen
• Ollsen
• Otersen
• Ottensen
• Parensen
• Pattensen
• Pippensen
• Pülsen
• Seppensen
• Siddessen
• Sittensen
• Uelsen
• Varrigsen
• Viersen
• Vögelsen
• Voldagsen
• Völkersen
• Waffensen
• Wangersen
• Wellersen
• Wickensen
• Wiegersen
• Willensen
• Winsen

 

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -syen, -shen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Tok Pisin -sen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-sen/
• Hyphenation: -sén

Suffix

-sen (Jawi spelling سين-)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) -tion

   imigresen ― immigration

   stesen ― station

Usage notes

In newer adaptations of English loanwords ending in -tion or -sion, this is now replaced by -si in an effort to make the ending of words of this kind uniform with its Dutch-derived counterparts in Indonesian (compare opsyen for option and aksi for action).

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -sen

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-sən/

Suffix

-sen

1. -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames

Norwegian

Etymology

From sønn; the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

-sen

1. -son

Derived terms

Norwegian terms suffixed with -sen

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -sen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Malay -sen and Tagalog -syon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ʃən/
• Hyphenation: -syen

Suffix

-sen

1. -tion

   imigresen ― immigration

   stesen ― station

Derived terms

Category Tok Pisin terms suffixed with -sen not found

Welsh

Alternative forms

• -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

Suffix

-sen

1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural conditional
2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural conditional

Derived terms

Category Welsh terms suffixed with -sen not found