"-e" meaning in German

See -e in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ə/, [ə], [ɘ], [e] [Southern, also], [ɛ] [Austria, also]
Etymology: /d/ coalesces with /t/ of -st, unstressed /u/ weakens to /ə/. See also pronunciation notes at du. Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun}} -e
  1. (colloquial) Contraction of du after 2nd person singular forms of a verb. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: du after 2nd person singular forms of a verb
    Sense id: en--e-de-pron-de:du_contraction Categories (other): Pages with 44 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 44 entries: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 3 6 3 21 21 19 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

IPA: /ə/, [ə], [ɘ], [e] [Southern, also], [ɛ] [Austria, also]
Etymology: From Middle High German -e, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-e}} Middle High German -e, {{inh|de|goh|-ī}} Old High German -ī, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*-į̄}} Proto-Germanic *-į̄ Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -e
  1. (now chiefly unproductive) used to form nouns from adjectives, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel; the nouns express the quality of the adjective Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-9wYPWP56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ə/, [ə], [ɘ], [e] [Southern, also], [ɛ] [Austria, also]
Etymology: From Middle High German -e, a merger of various Old High German vocalic endings. Further information on -e as noun plural suffix The plural suffix -e derives from a merger of Old High German -a and -i. Neuters usually remained unchanged in the nominative and accusative plural. The spread of the suffix to the neuter occurred by analogy with the masculine, whose declension was otherwise identical. Moreover, there were neuters ending in -e already in the singular; this -e tended to be apocopated, leading to reinterpretation of the fuller form as the plural (e.g. Middle High German stücke > modern Stück, pl. Stücke). Another mainly neuter plural suffix is -er, which see. Umlaut originally occurred only when the Old High German ending had been -i, but from the High Middle Ages up to the present there has been a steady trend towards analogical expansion of umlaut in masculines, to the degree that umlautable monosyllables with umlautless plural have become rare (e.g. Hunde, Tage). In feminines, umlaut was seldom expanded, but the umlautless forms have switched to the weak suffix -en; therefore the e-plural in feminines is now always accompanied by umlaut (excepted are the suffixes -nis and -sal, both of which vary between feminine and neuter gender). Neuters are not umlauted (the only exception being Floß). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-e}} Middle High German -e, {{der|de|goh|-}} Old High German, {{m+|goh||-a}} Old High German -a, {{m+|gmh|stücke}} Middle High German stücke, {{m+|goh|-}} Old High German Head templates: {{head|de|inflectional suffixes}} -e
  1. used to form the plural of some nouns; in masculines and feminines, but not in neuters, usually triggering umlaut of the root vowel Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-ELctxDxI
  2. (chiefly archaic) used to form the dative of strong masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable Tags: archaic, morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-de:dative_ending
  3. used to form various declined adjective forms, notably the nominative/accusative feminine singular Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-IIPpuZ5G
  4. used to form the 1st person singular present indicative (and subjunctive) of a verb Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix--KuQqfuW Categories (other): Pages with 44 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 44 entries: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 3 6 3 21 21 19 5
  5. used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-9dXh-zNs Categories (other): Pages with 44 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 44 entries: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 3 6 3 21 21 19 5
  6. used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-N6J2Nv7S Categories (other): Pages with 44 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 44 entries: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 3 6 3 21 21 19 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /ə/, [ə], [ɘ], [e] [Southern, also], [ɛ] [Austria, also]
Etymology: Masculine weak noun endings attached to a stem, diachronically from Proto-Germanic *-ô. -in is used as a female equivalent, see there. Etymology templates: {{etymid|de|personal noun suffix}}, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*-ô}} Proto-Germanic *-ô Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} -e m (weak, genitive -en, plural -en, feminine -in) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: -en [genitive], -en [plural], -in [feminine], weak [table-tags], -e [nominative, singular], -en [definite, nominative, plural], -en [genitive, singular], -en [definite, genitive, plural], -en [dative, singular], -en [dative, definite, plural], -en [accusative, singular], -en [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. derives nouns referring to a person with a trait specified by the stem, from adjective or noun stems, often from toponyms Tags: masculine, morpheme, weak Synonyms: -er, -∅ (english: zero derivation; for the masculine nominative singular form, other forms are the same)
    Sense id: en--e-de-suffix-NmjI7IEU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ə]"
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      "ipa": "[ɘ]"
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          "text": "Latin catholicus → Katholik, Katholikin"
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}

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