-sen
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom søn (“son”); the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.
Suffix
edit-sen
- (not productive) -son; Forms patronymic surnames.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Norwegian-American Surnames (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 1
Dutch
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-sen
- Alternative form of -s (“patronymic suffix”)
Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sən/, /zən/
- Voiceless after obstruents, voiced after vowels and sonorants. (In the latter case, /s/ may occur regionally or idiolectally in individual words.)
Etymology 1
editFrom 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).
Suffix
edit-sen
- Verbal suffix that expresses an action being intensified or stretched by iteration.
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom 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.
Suffix
edit-sen
- Placename suffix found in northern Germany.
Derived terms
edit- Alvesen
- Amelsen
- Ammensen
- Apensen
- Behrensen
- Bennigsen
- Buensen
- Dassensen
- Deensen
- 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
Malay
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -syen, -shen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Tok Pisin -sen.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-sen (Jawi spelling سين-)
Usage notes
editIn newer adaptations of English loanwords ending in -tion or -sion, this is now replaced by -si in an effort to make the ending of words of this kind uniform with its Dutch-derived counterparts in Indonesian (compare opsyen for option and aksi for action).
Derived terms
editMiddle Low German
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-sen
- -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames
Norwegian
editEtymology
editFrom sønn; the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.
Suffix
edit-sen
Derived terms
editTok Pisin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -sen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Malay -sen and Tagalog -syon.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-sen
- -tion
- imigresen ― immigration
- stesen ― station
Derived terms
editWelsh
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-sen
- (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural conditional
- (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural conditional
Derived terms
edit- Danish lemmas
- Danish suffixes
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch suffixes
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German lemmas
- German suffixes
- German verb-forming suffixes
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay doublets
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay suffixes
- Malaysian Malay
- Singapore Malay
- Malay terms with usage examples
- Malay unproductive suffixes
- Middle Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Low German lemmas
- Middle Low German suffixes
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian suffixes
- Tok Pisin terms borrowed from English
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin doublets
- Tok Pisin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin suffixes
- Tok Pisin terms with usage examples
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh suffixes
- Welsh colloquialisms