"-던" meaning in Korean

See -던 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -deon [romanization]
Etymology: Equivalent to -더- (-deo-, retrospective suffix) + -ㄴ (-n, past/realis adnominal suffix), but it retains the older imperfective sense of -더- (-deo-), not its modern and more nuanced "retrospective" sense. Etymology templates: {{compound|ko|-더-|-ㄴ|pos1=retrospective suffix|pos2=past/realis adnominal suffix}} -더- (-deo-, retrospective suffix) + -ㄴ (-n, past/realis adnominal suffix) Head templates: {{ko-pos|suffix}} -던 • (-deon)
  1. The imperfective adnominal marker, used to make verbs and adjectives attribute nouns:
    After verb stems, indicates an action or state which was interrupted and hence not completed.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--던-ko-suffix-O463LT9v
  2. The imperfective adnominal marker, used to make verbs and adjectives attribute nouns:
    After verb stems, indicates an event in the past which happened on a regular basis, but does not continue now.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--던-ko-suffix-REXBOT1M Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms interfixed with -더-, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 23 53 24 Disambiguation of Korean terms interfixed with -더-: 26 48 27 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 24 51 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 55 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 54 24
  3. The imperfective adnominal marker, used to make verbs and adjectives attribute nouns:
    After adjective stems, indicates a state which no longer exists.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--던-ko-suffix-c-6PcRNC

Alternative forms

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