"-ing" meaning in English

See -ing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɪŋ/, /ɪn/, /ən/, /ɪŋɡ/ (note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent), /ɪŋk/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /ɪŋɡ/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /in/ [Canada, US, sometimes], /iŋ/ [Canada, US, sometimes] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ing.wav , En-us--ing.oga
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, -ung (“-ing”, suffix forming nouns from verbs), from Proto-West Germanic *-ingu, *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enge (“-ing”), West Frisian -ing (“-ing”), Dutch -ing (“-ing”), Low German -ing, -ink (“-ing”), German -ung (“-ing”), Danish -ing (“-ing”), Swedish -ing (“-ing”), Icelandic -ing (“-ing”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|gerund noun}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|-ing|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English -ing, {{inh+|en|enm|-ing}} Inherited from Middle English -ing, {{inh|en|ang|-ing}} Old English -ing, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-ingu}} Proto-West Germanic *-ingu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-ingō}} Proto-Germanic *-ingō, {{cog|stq|-enge|t=-ing}} Saterland Frisian -enge (“-ing”), {{cog|fy|-ing|t=-ing}} West Frisian -ing (“-ing”), {{cog|nl|-ing|t=-ing}} Dutch -ing (“-ing”), {{cog|nds|-ing}} Low German -ing, {{cog|de|-ung|t=-ing}} German -ung (“-ing”), {{cog|da|-ing|t=-ing}} Danish -ing (“-ing”), {{cog|sv|-ing|t=-ing}} Swedish -ing (“-ing”), {{cog|is|-ing|t=-ing}} Icelandic -ing (“-ing”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ing, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -ing
  1. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
    As true nouns.
    Tags: morpheme Related terms (collection): work
    Sense id: en--ing-en-suffix-en:noun Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German Low German translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Low German translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Middle Low German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 10 27 11 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 28 27 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 27 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 28 27 14 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 28 26 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 27 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 26 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German Low German translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 27 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 39 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 28 27 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 28 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 28 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Low German translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Low German translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 28 27 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 39 38 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 26 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 26 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 40 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 27 14 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 27 15 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 28 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 27 15 31 Derived forms: batting, bunting, carpeting, lining, packing, piping, roofing, siding, ticking, tubing, wadding, wiring Disambiguation of 'collection': 45 36 19
  2. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
    As gerunds.
    Tags: morpheme Translations (to form gerunds): -ant (Catalan), -ent (Catalan), -int (Catalan), -ing (Danish), -ing (Dutch), -ado (Esperanto), -ing (Faroese), -minen (Finnish), -nti (Finnish), -age (French), -ando (Galician), -endo (Galician), -indo (Galician), -ing (Icelandic), -ion (Interlingua), -mento (Interlingua), -ar (Interlingua), -er (Interlingua), -ir (Interlingua), -ando (note: first-conjugation gerund) (Italian), -endo (note: second- and third-conjugation gerund) (Italian), -の (-no) (Japanese), -こと (-koto) (Japanese), ការ (kaa) [prefix] (Khmer), peng--an (Malay), -ing (Norwegian), -ing (Old Norse), -anie [neuter] (Polish), -cie [neuter] (Polish), -ando (Portuguese), -endo (Portuguese), -indo (Portuguese), -ând (Romanian), -ind (Romanian), -ando (Spanish), -endo (Spanish), การ- (gaan-) (Thai), ความ- (kwaam-) (Thai), -yor (Turkish), -mekte (Turkish), -makta (Turkish)
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  3. Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively. Tags: morpheme Translations (materials, systems of objects): -werk [neuter] (Dutch), -systeem [neuter] (Dutch), -ing [feminine] (Faroese), -tura [feminine] (Italian), -an (Malay), -ing [feminine] (Old Norse)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -in', -in [colloquial], -ïng [nonstandard, rare] Synonyms (act of doing something, action): -tion, -ment Synonyms (activity): -ery, -ment Synonyms (collection): -age, -ery Translations (act of doing something): -ing [common-gender] (Danish), -ing (note: nominalization of the infinitive) [feminine] (Dutch), -ing [feminine] (Faroese), -age [masculine] (French), -tion [feminine] (French), -ment [masculine] (French), -ung [feminine] (German), -zione (-azione f, -uzione f) [feminine] (Italian), -mento [masculine] (Italian), -aggio [feminine, informal] (Italian), -d [neuter] (Low German), -en [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), -inge [German-Low-German] (Low German), -ing [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), -unge [German-Low-German] (Low German), -ung [German-Low-German] (Low German), -t [neuter] (Middle Low German), -inge [feminine] (Middle Low German), -ing [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -ing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -ing [feminine] (Old Norse), -nie [neuter] (Polish), -cie [neuter] (Polish), -re [feminine] (Romanian), -а́ние (-ánije) [neuter] (Russian), -е́ние (-énije) [neuter] (Russian), -о́вка (-óvka) [feminine] (Russian), -ля (-lja) [feminine] (Russian), -ing [common-gender] (Swedish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'act of doing something, action': 43 43 15 Disambiguation of 'activity': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'collection': 40 39 21 Disambiguation of 'act of doing something': 50 50 0

Suffix

IPA: /ɪŋ/, /ɪn/, /ən/, /ɪŋɡ/ (note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent), /ɪŋk/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /ɪŋɡ/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /in/ [Canada, US, sometimes], /iŋ/ [Canada, US, sometimes] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ing.wav , En-us--ing.oga
Etymology: From Middle English -inge, -ynge, alteration of earlier -inde, -ende, -and (see -and), from Old English -ende (present participle ending), from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Cognate with West Frisian -end, Dutch -end, German -end, Swedish -and, Icelandic -andi, Gothic -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ands), -𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ōnds), Latin -ans, -ant-, Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Sanskrit -अन्त् (-ant). More at -and. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|participial}}, {{der|en|enm|-inge}} Middle English -inge, {{inh|en|ang|-ende|pos=present participle ending}} Old English -ende (present participle ending), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-andī}} Proto-West Germanic *-andī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-andz|pos=present participle ending}} Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending), {{der|en|ine-pro|*-onts}} Proto-Indo-European *-onts, {{cog|fy|-end}} West Frisian -end, {{cog|nl|-end}} Dutch -end, {{cog|de|-end}} German -end, {{cog|sv|-and}} Swedish -and, {{cog|is|-andi}} Icelandic -andi, {{cog|got|-𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃}} Gothic -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ands), {{cog|la|-ans}} Latin -ans, {{cog|grc|-ων}} Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), {{cog|sa|-अन्त्}} Sanskrit -अन्त् (-ant) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ing, {{en-suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ing
  1. Used to form present participles of verbs. Tags: morpheme Translations (to form present participles): di (Belizean Creole), (Chinese Cantonese), (gan²) (Chinese Cantonese), (zyu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (zhe) (Chinese Mandarin), 正在 (zhèngzài) (Chinese Mandarin), -ende (Danish), -end (Dutch), -anta (Esperanto), -v (Estonian), -andi (Faroese), -va (Finnish), -vä (Finnish), -ant (French), -end (German), (Hungarian), (Hungarian), -andi (Icelandic), -ante (Interlingua), -ente (Interlingua), -iente (Interlingua), -ante (note: first-conjugation persent participle) (Italian), -ente (note: second- and third-conjugation present participle) (Italian), ている (alt: (-te iru)) (Japanese), កំពុង (kɑmpuŋ) [prefix] (Khmer), -ens (Latin), -anno (Neapolitan), -enno (Neapolitan), -ende (Norwegian), -ący (Polish), -ando (Portuguese), -endo (Portuguese), -indo (Portuguese), -ающий (-ajuščij) (Russian), -ящий (-jaščij) (Russian), -ущий (-uščij) (Russian), -ющий (-juščij) (Russian), -ащий (-aščij) (Russian), -еющий (-ejuščij) (Russian), -ующий (-ujuščij) (Russian), -я́ющий (-jájuščij) (Russian), -щий (-ščij) (Russian), -ando (note: verbs ending in -ar) (Spanish), -iendo (Spanish), -ande (note: verbs ending in -a) (Swedish), -ende (note: verbs ending in other letter than -a) (Swedish), กำลัง- (gamlang-) (Thai), -iyor (Turkish), -yor (Turkish), -uyor (Turkish), -ıyor (Turkish), -üyor (Turkish), -en (Turkish), -yen (Turkish), -an (Turkish), -yan (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -in', -in [colloquial], -ïng [nonstandard, rare]
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /ɪŋ/, /ɪn/, /ən/, /ɪŋɡ/ (note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent), /ɪŋk/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /ɪŋɡ/ [General-Australian, Kent, dialectal], /in/ [Canada, US, sometimes], /iŋ/ [Canada, US, sometimes] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ing.wav , En-us--ing.oga
Etymology: From Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz. Akin to Old Norse -ingr. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|king}}, {{inh|en|enm|-ing}} Middle English -ing, {{inh|en|ang|-ing}} Old English -ing, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-ing}} Proto-West Germanic *-ing, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-ingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ingaz, {{cog|non|-ingr}} Old Norse -ingr Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ing, {{en-suffix}} -ing
  1. (no longer productive) Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
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  2. Forming nouns having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ing-en-suffix-OFjrfTAx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -in', -in [colloquial], -ïng [nonstandard, rare] Derived forms: atheling, gelding Related terms: -ed
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ant"
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      "word": "-ent"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ado"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-minen"
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      "word": "-nti"
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      "word": "-age"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ando"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-endo"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-indo"
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      "note": "Use zu + infinitive",
      "sense": "to form gerunds"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "Use το (to) να (na) + second person singular present verb form",
      "sense": "to form gerunds"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ion"
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
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      "word": "-mento"
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
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      "code": "ia",
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      "word": "-ir"
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      "note": "first-conjugation gerund",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ando"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "second- and third-conjugation gerund",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-の"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "-koto",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-こと"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "tags": [
        "prefix"
      ],
      "word": "ការ"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "peng--an"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
    },
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      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ing"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-anie"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "-cie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "-ando"
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ind"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-ando"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-endo"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "การ-"
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      "word": "ความ-"
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-mekte"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to form gerunds",
      "word": "-makta"
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "(with no suffix, verbs can be used as nouns)",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-ing"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "nominalization of the infinitive",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "-ing"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-age"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "-tion"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "-mento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
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      "word": "-aggio"
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      "code": "nds",
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      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "-d"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-en"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
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      "word": "-inge"
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      "code": "gml",
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      "word": "-inge"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "-ing"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "non",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of doing something",
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      "code": "ro",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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    {
      "word": "-in'"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "-in"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "-ïng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ing"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -ing meaning in English (31.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "-ing"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ing",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: transguide {}",
  "path": [
    "-ing",
    "transguide"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ing",
  "trace": ""
}

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