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Appendix:Variations of "de"
Afrikaans
Etymology
af nl -de.
Pronunciation
af
af
af -de
Suffix
-
forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers; -st, -th, -nd
af -ste
af twee tweede
af nege negende
Usage notes
The ordinal numbers 2 to 19, except for 8, are formed with this suffix. The ordinals of 1, 8 and numbers greater than 19 are formed with af -ste, except where hundred, thousand, etc., combine with a number between 2 and 19, for example af honderd-en-tweede hundred and second, af honderd-en-vyfde hundred and fifth, but af honderd-en-agtste hundred and eighth.
The suffix can also be written after a number written in digits (af 2de, af 9de).
Derived terms
af
af adjective-forming suffixes
Ahtna
Alternative forms
aht -den
Etymology
Compare nv -di, hup -ding, both serving as multiplicative suffixes.
Suffix
aht suffix
Refers to a specific place or time; often used to form nouns from verbs.
forms adverbs from numerals with a meaning of "a certain number of times" or "(in) a certain number of places;" equivalent to en -ce in once, twice, thrice
Derived terms
aht
aht -den
Related terms
aht den-
aht -doxe
aht -t
References
150-151
Danish
Etymology
From da non -ð, from da gem-pro *-iþō.
Pronunciation
da /-də/ [-d̥ə] the previous syllable always has the stød when possible
Suffix
n r
-th forms nouns from quantitative adjectives
Declension
n r
Derived terms
da bredde drøjde dybde højde længde mængde tyngde vidde
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /-də/
nl Nl--de.ogg
nl ə 1
nl -de
Etymology 1
Compare en -th in en fourth and de -te in de zweite.
Alternative forms
nl -ste -e
Suffix
-
forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers
nl twee tweede
nl negen negende
Usage notes
The ordinal numbers of all numbers from 1 to 19 are formed with this suffix, except nl eerste and nl achtste. Ordinals of higher numbers are formed with nl -ste.
The suffix can also be written after a number written in digits (nl 2de, nl 9de). The e is sometimes written in superscript, like in French (nl 2de, nl 9de), but this is discouraged by the Dutch Language Union.nl https://taaladvies.net/1o-2o-3o-of-1e-2e-3e-of-1ste-2de-3de/ Taaladvies.net 1°, 2°, 3° / 1ᵉ, 2ᵉ, 3ᵉ / 1ste, 2de, 3de / 1e, 2e, 3e 2021-05-12T13:27:41Z beheerder 2026-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20230329124416/https://taaladvies.net/1o-2o-3o-of-1e-2e-3e-of-1ste-2de-3de/ 2023-03-29 taal:unie
Declension
- -
Etymology 2
Cognate with en -ed; derives from a Germanic verb form of to do.
Alternative forms
nl -te after voiceless consonants
Suffix
nl suffix inflectional suffixes
a suffix that forms the singular of the past tense of weak verbs
nl spelen speelde
Etymology 3
From nl dum -dī, from a contraction of the þ in nl gem-pro *-aiþ second person plural ending and gem-pro *jīz you (plural),nl https://taalaandewandel.com/2021/02/13/hedde-gij/ Taal aan de wandel Hedde gij 2021-02-13T11:19:21Z 2026-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20241230105535/https://taalaandewandel.com/2021/02/13/hedde-gij/ 2026-01-18 somewhat comparable to is þér. Sometimes incorrectly seen as a remnant of dum du you.
Alternative forms
nl -te after voiceless consonants
Suffix
nl suffixnl Belgium Brabant colloquial
indicates second person in inversion, substituting or supplementing nl gij; you
nl Gade vandaag naar huis? Do you go home today?
References
German
Etymology
From de gmh -ede, from de goh -ida, from de gem-pro *-iþō. Compare the equally rare doublet de -te (from Low German). Cognate with nl -te, en -th.
Pronunciation
de /-də/
de ə 1
de -de
Suffix
de suffix
de rare not productive forms abstract nouns from adjectives
de gemein common Gemeinde community
Derived terms
de
Hungarian
Etymology
hu
Pronunciation
hu Hu-de.ogg
hu dɛ 1
hu -de
Suffix
hu noun-forming suffix Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun indicating the place of the action.
hu zene<t:music> zenede<t:music school>
Usage notes
Declension
-dé e y y-dé
Derived terms
hu noun
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
hu noun-forming suffixes
Japanese
Romanization
で
Latin
Pronunciation
-de
la -de
Verb
la verb form
la -dō 2 s pres act imp
Low German
Etymology
From nds gml -ede, from nds osx -itha, from nds gem-pro *-iþō. Cognate with nl -te, en -th.
Pronunciation
nds /-də/
nds ə 1
nds -de
Suffix
f
appended to an adjective, making a feminine noun referring to the size of the quality referred to by the adjective, cognate to
nds hooch Hööchde
nds deep Deepde
nds eng Engde
nds lang<t:long> Längde<t:length>
appended to the stem of a verb, yields a feminine noun which refers to the object of such a verb
nds schamen Schaamde
nds bögen Böögde
Usage notes
The use of the suffix is widespread in Northern Germany, however, some Low German varieties show a partial or complete suppression of the suffix. Most words listed above can also be found without the suffix, though this varies depending on the person speaking and the word. For example, nds Süükde is more often found as nds Süük with no suffix, than the original form with suffix. nds Hööchde can be found as nds Hööchd and nds Leevde as nds Leevd, with loss of the final -e. Though this process exists, the forms in -de remain largely prominent, with the notable exception of the following words: nds Süükde → nds Süük, nds Stillde → nds Still, nds Mengde → nds Meng, nds Stärkde → both nds Stärkde and nds Stärkd.
Some words show only a form in -t, which is basically derived from the -de suffix. Examples of such words are nds Grött size and nds Hitt heat.
Derived terms
nds
nds Böögde Deepde Dickde Drockde Dröögde Engde Grötte,Grött Hitt Hööchde Köhlde Leevde Längde Mengde,Meng Möögde Neegde Schaamde Stillde,Still Stärkde,Starkde Süükde
Related terms
nds -te
nds -t
nds noun-forming suffixes
Lower Tanana
Alternative forms
taa -denh -t
Etymology
From taa ath-pro *-dən. Compare aht -de, nv -di.
Pronunciation
taa /-tə/
taa ə 1
taa -de
Suffix
taa suffix
forms adverbs from numerals indicating a number of times
taa notixde twice
taa toxde thrice
at a specific place or time
when, where, whenever, at that time
Derived terms
taa
taa -t
taa -denh
taa degu/taa degw here, around here
taa denh meeting
taa de'ogw at times
taa niɬdegwti here and there, in some places
taa yegedenh taking turns
Related terms
taa -i
taa -na
taa -xw
References
Middle English
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -the ordinal ordinal suffix
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include hto -de and hux -de.
Pronunciation
huu ɛ 1
huu -de
Suffix
huu suffix
used to derive verbs from roots
Conjugation
+
Derived terms
huu
References
103
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
nb non -ði weak-verb simple-past ending, containing the inherited Germanic dental preterite marker. In Bokmål, it appears as nb -de in the traditional nb leve to live class and in certain irregular verbs.
Compare nn -de, da -de and sv -de weak-verb simple-past ending.
Pronunciation
nb /də/
nb də 1
nb -de
Suffix
nb suffix
An inflectional suffix forming the simple past of certain weak and irregular verbs.
nb leve -de to live simple-past suffix → nb levde lived
nb prøve -de to try, test simple-past suffix → nb prøvde tried, tested
nb bygge -de to build simple-past suffix → nb bygde built
nb eie -de to own simple-past suffix → nb eide owned
nb kreve -de to demand, require simple-past suffix → nb krevde demanded, required
nb De bygde huset selv. They built the house themselves.
The ending occurring in the definite singular and plural forms of past participles whose basic form ends in nb -d.
nb prøvd tried, tested → nb prøvde tried, tested; definite singular and plural
nb bygd built → nb bygde built; definite singular and plural
nb bøyd bent, inflected → nb bøyde bent, inflected; definite singular and plural
nb krevd demanded, required → nb krevde demanded, required; definite singular and plural
nb De bygde husene var solide. The built houses were sturdy.
Usage notes
In the simple past, nb -de normally corresponds to a supine and basic past participle in nb -d:
nb leve to live — nb levde lived — nb levd lived
nb prøve to try, test — nb prøvde tried, tested — nb prøvd tried, tested
nb bygge to build — nb bygde built — nb bygd built
nb eie to own — nb eide owned — nb eid owned
The definite and plural participial ending is synchronically more transparently analysed as the basic participial suffix nb -d followed by the adjective ending nb -e:
nb prøvd tried, tested + nb -e → nb prøvde tried, tested
nb bygd built + nb -e → nb bygde built
With infinitives ending in unstressed ⟨e⟩, that vowel is removed before the simple-past ending:
nb leve to live → nb levde lived
nb prøve to try, test → nb prøvde tried, tested
nb kreve to demand, require → nb krevde demanded, required
A doubled stem-final consonant is written as a single consonant before nb -de:
nb bygge to build → nb bygde built
nb tygge to chew → nb tygde chewed
The suffix is especially common after stems ending in a diphthong, ⟨g⟩ or ⟨v⟩, but its distribution is partly lexical and must be checked for each verb.
Some verbs permit alternative conjugations. For example, nb bygge to build has nb bygde and nb bygd, alongside nb bygget in both the simple past and supine.
Certain irregular verbs have a simple past ending in nb -de but a differently formed supine. nb gjøre to do, make has simple past nb gjorde did, made but supine nb gjort done, made.
A form in nb -de may therefore be ambiguous between a finite verb and an inflected participle:
de bygde husene = they built the houses
de bygde husene = the built houses
Derived terms
nb bygde built
nb bøyde bent; inflected
nb døde died
nb eide owned
nb føyde joined; complied
nb greide managed
nb gjorde did, made
nb jagde chased
nb klagde complained
nb krevde demanded, required
nb lagde made
nb leide rented; led
nb levde lived
nb pleide used to; nursed
nb pløyde ploughed
nb prøvde tried, tested
nb strevde struggled
nb tygde chewed
nb veide weighed
nb øvde practised
See also
nb -d supine and past-participle ending
nb -e definite singular and plural adjective ending
nb -dde weak-verb simple-past ending
nb -te weak-verb simple-past ending
nb -et weak-verb simple-past, supine and past-participle ending
nb -a weak-verb simple-past, supine and past-participle ending
References
“supinum – grammatikk” in Store norske leksikon.
“Adjektiver og partisipper”, Språkrådet.
Old English
Pronunciation
-de
ang e 1
ang -de
Suffix
verbf 1
marks the first and third person singular preterite indicative of some class I and class III weak verbs
ang ċierran<t:to turn> ċierde<t:I/he/she/it turned>
ang habban<t:to have> hæfde<t:I/he/she/it had>
See also
ang -ede
ang -te
Old Irish
Alternative forms
sga -da -dae -ide -ta -tae
Etymology
From sga cel-pro *-adyos, cognate with wlm -eid.2 19.5, 21.2 Kim McCone 121, 127
Suffix
used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting quality, kind, origin or material
sga Gréc<t:Greek><pos:noun> grécdae<t:Greek><pos:adjective>
Derived terms
sga
Descendants
mga -da -ide
ga -ga -aí
References
Further reading
347
sga adjective-forming suffixes
Potawatomi
Etymology
pot
Pronunciation
-te
Suffix
pot suffix an pot intransitive 1
present tense of
pot g-<id:independent> gde-<id:independent>
pot n-<id:independent> nde-<id:independent>
pot w-<id:independent> wde-<id:independent>
Derived terms
pot gde-
pot nde-
pot wde-
See also
pot é
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv -te
Suffix
sv suffix
creates the past tense of weak verbs in the first conjugation
sv att simma<t:to swim> simmade<t:swam>
sv att träffa<t:to hit> träffade<t:hit past>
Usage notes
Colloquially the suffix can be completely dropped and it is understood out of context that it is the past and not nominative sense that is used. In written form to clarify however, it might be good to mark this out with an apostrophe ('). Example of this:
sv Jag simma' 25 meter! I swam 25 meters!
See also
sv -te
sv -dde
sv -t
Anagrams
sv de e.d. ed
sv inflectional suffixes
Turkish
Etymology
From tr ota ـده -de locative suffix, from tr trk-pro *-te locative suffix, front vowel variant of trk-pro *-ta. Cognate with xqa ـدا -dē locative suffix, otk 𐱅𐰀 -te locative suffix.
Pronunciation
tr e 1
tr -de
Suffix
inflectional
used to form locative of nouns
tr köy<t:village> köyde<t:in/at village>
indicates time; at
tr beşte at five o'clock
tr kapanış saatinde at closing time
when
tr Yoğun bakımda kendine geldiğinde ilk sözü "Ne zaman aşı yaptırabilirim" oldu. First thing he said when he regained consciousness in the intensive care was "when can I get vaccinated".
over
tr beşte üç three over five
tr yüz hundred yüzde percent
Usage notes
This version is used when the noun's final vowel is a front vowel (Ee, İi, Öö, or Üü).
In cases where a noun's final vowel is a back vowel (Aa, Iı, Oo, or Uu) and doesn't end with a clear l sound, it takes the form “tr -da”.
tr okul → tr okulda
It takes the form of “tr -te” when the noun’s final consonant is devoiced.
tr ofis → tr ofiste
An apostrophe is mandatory when forming the locative of a proper noun.
tr Türkiye → tr Türkiye'de Türkiye’de
Derived terms
tr
Related terms
tr -deki
tr -nde
tr -da
tr -te
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
wuh [tə]
wuh ə 1
wuh -de
Etymology 1
From wuh cmn - 的.
Suffix
wuh suffix
-'s, of but with the order switched; attached to nouns to mark the genitive case
wuh nga-n-de hua our speech (the local name for the Wutunhua language)
wuh gu da gejhai-de niren-ha gga-la-di mi-li. He doesn't like his girlfriend anymore. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 94)
wuh ngu reben-de ren-ha qong-je-lio. I met a person from Japan. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 120)
that, who; attached to nouns, adjectives, verbs, or phrases to mark them as attributive
wuh jjekzhen je-ge-li zui xho-de ti the best place in this world; the place which is best in this world (Quoted in Sandman, p. 146)
-ing; attached to verbals to form a noun phrase or nominal expression
wuh gu qhi-di-de-ge ngu sawo jedo-gu-lio. I know that he went away. As for his going, I know it. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 142)
-er; attached to verbs to form agent nouns
wuh lu wanlan-de construction worker road-maker
wuh xai-de writing tool writer
wuh en lhazzo-de bbakzzo-de en da rek mezzhawo jhi-ge yek-li. There are thangka painters and mask painters; there are different kinds of professionals. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 140)
attached for emphasis
wuh a a da mazang-de. Oh, oh, that is very bad! (Quoted in Sandman, p. 141)
Etymology 2
wuh
Suffix
wuh suffix
so much that attached to the main verb
wuh gu ni ddo-di-de gu-dera qe-di mi-li. S/he thinks about you so much that it is impossible for him/her to eat any of those. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 137)
attached to the main verb to indicate that the subsequent verb or adjective is used as an adverb of the main verb
wuh gu xai-de xaige xho-li. S/he writes very well. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 137)
References
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
mch e 1
Etymology 1
mch
Suffix
mch suffix
intensifier that attaches to adverbs, used especially in contexts of surprise
used in certain contexts to soften speech or make it more polite
Usage notes
This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.
Etymology 2
mch
Suffix
mch suffix
again, anew
Usage notes
This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix. It causes lengthening of the preceding vowel of the word it attaches to.
References
162, 222 ⸗de, ⸗:de