"-else" meaning in Swedish

See -else in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Old Saxon -isli, -islo, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|osx|-isli}} Old Saxon -isli, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*-islī}} Proto-West Germanic *-islī, {{der|sv|gml|-}} Middle Low German Head templates: {{head|sv|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=c}} -else c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -else [indefinite, nominative, singular], -elses [genitive, indefinite, singular], -elsen [definite, nominative, singular], -elsens [definite, genitive, singular], -elser [indefinite, nominative, plural], -elsers [genitive, indefinite, plural], -elserna [definite, nominative, plural], -elsernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. -ment, -tion, -ing suffix creating nouns from verbs Tags: common-gender, morpheme
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "-isli"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -isli",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-islī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-islī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Saxon -isli, -islo, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-else",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elserna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "-else c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "röra (“to move”) + -else → rörelse (“movement”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "hända (“to happen”) + -else → händelse (“occurence”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ment, -tion, -ing suffix creating nouns from verbs"
      ],
      "id": "en--else-sv-suffix-Gs9CXPf-",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ment",
          "-ment"
        ],
        [
          "-tion",
          "-tion"
        ],
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing#English:_noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-else"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "-isli"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -isli",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-islī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-islī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Saxon -isli, -islo, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-else",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elserna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elsernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "-else c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender suffixes",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Swedish suffixes",
        "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "röra (“to move”) + -else → rörelse (“movement”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "hända (“to happen”) + -else → händelse (“occurence”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ment, -tion, -ing suffix creating nouns from verbs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ment",
          "-ment"
        ],
        [
          "-tion",
          "-tion"
        ],
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing#English:_noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-else"
}

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