A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form. · A suffix indicating the 1st and 3rd person plural forms (except the present indicative sind of sein). · A suffix appended to strong verb stems to form the past participle, usually together with ge-.
köken: From Middle High German -en, a merger of various terminations in Old High German reflecting different conjugational patterns, namely -an, -ōn, -en (-ien), and -nen, from Proto-Germanic *-aną, *-ōną, *-janą, *-āną, and *-naną.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er Inherited from Middle French -er. For the loss of final -r in pronunciation, compare another suffix -ier (but not its feminine form -ière), and nouns gars and monsieur. Elsewhere, -r is not silent (e.g. hiver, mer).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Inherited from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -āris.
Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem of the word itself does not change.
köken: Primarily from weak class 2, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -on, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti (denominative) and *-h₂ti (factitive). Also partially from weak class 1 (Old Dutch -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-jan) and strong verbs (Old Dutch -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an), which, together with the weak class 2 suffix, all…
groot + -en → de groten (“the great ones”)
een + -en → ten enen male
de hertog + -en → des hertogen, a genitive preserved in 's-Hertogenbosch
forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive · forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs · forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.
used to form the infinitive · forms neutral imperatives when used without a verb · forms verbs from nouns or adjectives
köken: Etymology tree Prakrit -𑀅𑀡 (-aṇa) Prakrit -𑀓- (-ka-) Hindi -ना Inherited from Prakrit -𑀅𑀡 (-aṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-anam, from Proto-Indo-European *-onom, from *-o- (thematic vowel) + *-nom (verbal noun suffix). Doublet of -अन (-an). Cognate with German -en (“infinitive ending”).
कर (kar, “do (stem)”) + -ना (-nā) → करना (karnā, “to do”)
that is, that is to say, i.e.; in other words, to put it another way; as in (used to introduce a clarification or explanation) · or, also known as, AKA, a.k.a. (used to introduce an alternative name) · or (used to introduce an alternate title for a work)
köken: Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että (compare mikäli, from mikä), or alternatively a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.
aile: elikkä
Hän tulee tänne maanantaina eli ylihuomenna.
Kuivajää sublimoituu lämmetessään kaasuksi, eli se muuttuu suoraan kaasuksi muuttumatta välillä nesteeksi.
present active infinitive of -ō (third conjugation)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-ezi Latin -ere From Proto-Italic *-ezi, from Proto-Indo-European *-esi, locative case of action nouns, which end in *-os in the nominative. Similar to Ancient Greek -ειν (-ein) < *-ehen, which comes from an alternative locative case form, *-esen. Note adverbial temere.
that (introduces a noun clause functioning as the subject, object or predicative of a verb, or as the object of a prepositional phrase) · that, in order that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the purpose) · that, so that (introduces an adverbial clause stating the result, normally after a demonstrative adverb or pronoun)
köken: From Old Norse at. Cognate with Swedish att, Norwegian at. Probably from Proto-Germanic *þat, a demonstrative pronoun used as a conjunction; compare English that, German dass, Dutch dat.
Knud hørte, at bedstefaren lagde værktøjet fra sig
Hun var overbevist om at det var sandt.
Og Hjorten vil jeg fange, | At Korset jeg kan faae.