"-sen" meaning in German

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Suffix

IPA: /sən/, /zən/
Etymology: From Middle High German -sen, byform of -(ez)zen, from Old High German -ezzen, -azzen, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną. In some cases merged with unrelated Old High German -isōn, from Proto-Germanic *-isōną. Modern formations often interact with the nominal suffix -s in such a way that it is impossible to say whether the derivation is denominal or deverbal (e.g. stuppen > Stups > stupsen or stuppen > stupsen > Stups). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-sen}} Middle High German -sen, {{m|gmh|-ezzen|-(ez)zen}} -(ez)zen, {{inh|de|goh|-ezzen}} Old High German -ezzen, {{m|goh|-azzen}} -azzen, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*-attjan}} Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*-atjaną}} Proto-Germanic *-atjaną, {{m+|goh|-isōn}} Old High German -isōn, {{m+|gem-pro|*-isōną}} Proto-Germanic *-isōną, {{m|de|-s}} -s, {{m|de|stuppen}} stuppen, {{m|de|Stups}} Stups, {{m|de|stupsen}} stupsen, {{m|de||stuppen}} stuppen, {{m|de||stupsen}} stupsen, {{m|de||Stups}} Stups Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -sen
  1. Verbal suffix that expresses an action being intensified or stretched by iteration. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -zen, -schen
    Sense id: en--sen-de-suffix-vj1F5idX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /sən/, /zən/
Etymology: From Middle Low German -(e)sen, contraction of -hûsen. Thus a byform of German -hausen, which occurs in the same areas in seemingly random variation. Compare -trop, -trup, another Low German contraction that has often survived unaltered. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|-sen|-(e)sen}} Middle Low German -(e)sen, {{m|gml|hûs|-hûsen}} -hûsen, {{m+|de|-hausen}} German -hausen, {{m|de|-trop|-trop, -trup}} -trop, -trup Head templates: {{head|de|suffix}} -sen
  1. Placename suffix found in northern Germany. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--sen-de-suffix-tEogREDw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Derived forms: Alvesen, Amelsen, Ammensen, Apensen, Behrensen, Bennigsen, Buensen, Dassensen, Dehnsen, Deinsen, Deitersen, Delligsen, Delmsen, Dörrigsen, Dunsen, Eilensen, Eimsen, Ellensen, Erbsen, Garbsen, Güntersen, Heinsen, Hembsen, Hettensen, Holtensen, Hornsen, Hullersen, Imbsen, Imsen, Ippensen, Kohnsen, Kreiensen, Lödingsen, Lüdersen, Mackensen, Meckelsen, Naensen, Offensen, Ollsen, Ottensen, Parensen, Pattensen, Pippensen, Pülsen, Seppensen, Siddessen, Sittensen, Uelsen, Varrigsen, Viersen, Vögelsen, Voldagsen, Waffensen, Wellersen, Wickensen, Wiegersen, Willensen, Winsen
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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  "word": "-sen"
}

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.