"-ern" meaning in German

See -ern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [-ɐn] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ern.wav
Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ern
  1. (now rarely productive) iterative suffix, used to form verbs from other verbs Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -eln
    Sense id: en--ern-de-suffix-ULiXi7Rk
  2. used to form verbs from nouns, often with an additional prefix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ern-de-suffix-hnx4pawm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [-ɐn] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ern.wav
Etymology: Extended form of -en, generalised from such forms as silbern, kupfern, ledern, originally also eisern, in which -er is part of the stem. Etymology templates: {{m|de|-en}} -en, {{m|de|silbern}} silbern, {{m|de|kupfern}} kupfern, {{m|de|ledern}} ledern, {{m|de|eisern}} eisern Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=productive suffixes}} -ern
  1. made of (used to form adjectives from nouns) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ern-de-suffix-QyngGQ78 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 6 26 10 6 10 10 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 10 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -ern meaning in German (3.2kB)

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