"-ken" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "-chen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German -kin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "-kīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -kīn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "1 -kes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2 -kens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3 -ken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural 1",
        "4": "-kes",
        "5": "plural 2",
        "6": "-kens",
        "7": "plural 3",
        "8": "-ken",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken n (plural 1 -kes, plural 2 -kens, plural 3 -ken)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Häusken"
        },
        {
          "word": "Herzken"
        },
        {
          "word": "Käffken"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mäusken"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pülleken"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "little house",
          "text": "Haus → Häusken",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "little village",
          "text": "Dorf → Dörfken",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "little bottle",
          "text": "Pulle → Pülleken",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to make diminutives"
      ],
      "id": "en--ken-de-suffix-Sd2hTCj9",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Döneken"
        },
        {
          "word": "PäckskenIf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Germany",
        "Westphalia",
        "colloquial",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ken"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Häusken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Herzken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käffken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mäusken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pülleken"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "-ken"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "-chen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German -kin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "-kīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -kīn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "1 -kes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2 -kens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3 -ken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural 1",
        "4": "-kes",
        "5": "plural 2",
        "6": "-kens",
        "7": "plural 3",
        "8": "-ken",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-ken n (plural 1 -kes, plural 2 -kens, plural 3 -ken)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Döneken"
    },
    {
      "word": "PäckskenIf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German 1-syllable words",
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German diminutive suffixes",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter suffixes",
        "German noun-forming suffixes",
        "German suffixes",
        "German terms borrowed from German Low German",
        "German terms derived from German Low German",
        "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "German terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Northern German",
        "Regional German"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "little house",
          "text": "Haus → Häusken",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "little village",
          "text": "Dorf → Dörfken",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "little bottle",
          "text": "Pulle → Pülleken",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to make diminutives"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Germany",
        "Westphalia",
        "colloquial",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ken"
}