"-el" meaning in German

See -el in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /əl/ Audio: De--el.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German -el, from Old High German -il, direct descendant of Proto-West Germanic *-il, from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, or from dialectal variants of -lein, which as well ultimately go back to *-ilaz or to *-ilingaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-el}} Middle High German -el, {{inh|de|goh|-il}} Old High German -il, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*-il}} Proto-West Germanic *-il, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*-ilaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, {{m|de|-lein}} -lein, {{m|gem-pro|*-ilaz}} *-ilaz, {{m|gem-pro|*-ilingaz}} *-ilingaz Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=unproductive suffixes|cat3=noun-forming suffixes}} -el
  1. suffix in diminutives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--el-de-suffix-oTiOGrGf Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 34 17
  2. suffix in nouns indicating appurtenance Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--el-de-suffix-Jhsf3Rf1
  3. suffix in agent and instrumental nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--el-de-suffix-orsucMKh

Download JSON data for -el meaning in German (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -el",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "-il"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -il",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-il"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-il",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-lein"
      },
      "expansion": "-lein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ilaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ilingaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German -el, from Old High German -il, direct descendant of Proto-West Germanic *-il, from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, or from dialectal variants of -lein, which as well ultimately go back to *-ilaz or to *-ilingaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "unproductive suffixes",
        "cat3": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-el",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 34 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kind (“child”) + -el → Kindel (“little child, darling”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Haus (“house”) + -el → Häusel (“little house”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in diminutives"
      ],
      "id": "en--el-de-suffix-oTiOGrGf",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Arm (“arm”) + -el → Ärmel (“sleeve”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Eiche (“oak”) + -el → Eichel (“acorn”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in nouns indicating appurtenance"
      ],
      "id": "en--el-de-suffix-Jhsf3Rf1",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Büttel, Meißel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in agent and instrumental nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en--el-de-suffix-orsucMKh",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De--el.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/De--el.ogg/De--el.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/De--el.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-el"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German diminutive suffixes",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German noun-forming suffixes",
    "German suffixes",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German unproductive suffixes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -el",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "-il"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -il",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-il"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-il",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-lein"
      },
      "expansion": "-lein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ilaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ilingaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German -el, from Old High German -il, direct descendant of Proto-West Germanic *-il, from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, or from dialectal variants of -lein, which as well ultimately go back to *-ilaz or to *-ilingaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "unproductive suffixes",
        "cat3": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-el",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kind (“child”) + -el → Kindel (“little child, darling”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Haus (“house”) + -el → Häusel (“little house”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in diminutives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Arm (“arm”) + -el → Ärmel (“sleeve”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Eiche (“oak”) + -el → Eichel (“acorn”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in nouns indicating appurtenance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Büttel, Meißel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix in agent and instrumental nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De--el.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/De--el.ogg/De--el.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/De--el.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-el"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.