"-ke" meaning in Dutch

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Suffix

Audio: Nl--ke.ogg Forms: -kes [plural]
Etymology: From earlier -ken, from Middle Dutch -ken, -kin, -kijn, apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-uk. The standard Dutch -tje and its variants are derived from -ke(n) through palatalization. Cognate with German -chen, Low German -ken, English -kin, -ock. Etymology templates: {{m|nl|-ken}} -ken, {{inh|nl|dum|-ken}} Middle Dutch -ken, {{m|dum|-kin}} -kin, {{m|dum|-kijn}} -kijn, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*-ukīn}} Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn, {{m|gmw-pro|*-uk}} *-uk, {{m|nl|-tje}} -tje, {{m|nl||-ke(n)}} -ke(n), {{cog|de|-chen}} German -chen, {{cog|nds|-ken}} Low German -ken, {{cog|en|-kin}} English -kin, {{m|en|-ock}} -ock Head templates: {{head|nl|suffix|plural|-kes|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=diminutive suffixes|g=n}} -ke n (plural -kes)
  1. (colloquial, Southern) Synonym of -tje (“diminutive noun suffix”) Tags: Southern, colloquial, morpheme, neuter Synonyms: -tje [synonym, synonym-of], -ken
    Sense id: en--ke-nl-suffix--VEUu2w~ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Southern Dutch

Alternative forms

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