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Appendix:Variations of "che" Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr -ke northernmost _ Ripuarian including Düsseldorf gmw-cfr -elche -je positional; see notes below Etymology gmw-cfr :inh gmh:-ichin<id:diminutive> diminutive suffix From gmw-cfr gmh -ichin, from gmw-cfr goh -ihhīn, from gmw-cfr gem-pro *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from gem-pro *-ikaz + gem-pro *-īną (compare gmw-pro *-ukīn). Pronunciation gmw-cfr /ɕə/ Suffix gmw-cfr suffix plural -cher diminutive suffixes forms a diminutive noun gmw-cfr Stadt town, city Städtche little town Usage notes All diminutive nouns are normally neuter (as in German). However, some dialects may treat diminutives according to the gender of the basic noun (as in Luxembourgish). Nouns whose stem ends in a back consonant, namely -ch, -g, -k, -ng, or -sch, mostly use the extended suffix gmw-cfr -elche: gmw-cfr Bröck bridge → gmw-cfr Bröggelche. In Ripuarian, an etymological distinction is usually followed, according to which the extended suffix follows only original back consonants but not ones that derive from Old High German (OHG) alveolars; hence: gmw-cfr Weng wine from OHG goh wīn → gmw-cfr Wengche (not gmw-cfr *Wengelche); gmw-cfr Wursch sausage from OHG goh wurst → gmw-cfr Würschje (not gmw-cfr *Würschelche). There is a certain degree of variation in both directions. After -f, -s, -ß, -v, and -sch (if applicable), the suffix gmw-cfr -che becomes gmw-cfr -je in Ripuarian and also in parts of Moselle Franconian; hence: gmw-cfr Foß foot → Ripuarian gmw-cfr Fößje, Moselle Franconian gmw-cfr Feßje or gmw-cfr Feßche. Derived terms gmw-cfr Hunsrik Alternative forms hrx -je after s, sch or z hrx -elche after ch, k or ng Etymology hrx :inh gmw-cfr:-che<id:diminutive> + diminutive suffix Cognate with de,lb -chen. Suffix hrx suffix diminutive suffixes forms the diminutive of nouns Usage notes All diminutives are neuter, regardless of the gender of the base word. hrx Bien<t:bee><g:f> Bienche<g:n> Words having a stressed a, aa, au, o or u in their stem may go through umlaut. hrx Aff<t:monkey> Effche The final unstressed e (/ə/) is dropped when adding the suffix. This doesn't usually happen if the stem would end in r or v without it. hrx Bluse<t:blouse> Blusje hrx Karre<t:car> Karreche, instead of hrx *Karrch Diminutives are either treated as invariable or pluralized with r. If r is added, the plural of the diminutive will follow the plural of the base word, carrying over any changes in the stem. hrx Hund<t:dog> Hundche hrx Hunn<t:dogs> Hunncher Derived terms hrx References pt Piter Kehoma Boll Diminutivos Aprenda Hunsriqueano 50 YouTube 2021-11-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76JyFNRsnBc Khumi Chin Pronunciation cnk /t͡ʃe˩/ Suffix cnk suffix cnk -ce Khimi Chin References 415 Luxembourgish Suffix lb suffix form -chen Nivaclé Alternative forms cag -iche -que -e Suffix cag suffix plural -chei feminine suffix cag nivacle nivacche man woman Usage notes The principal allomorph -che can also prepend an epenthetic i when is attached to a noun ending with two consonants. After m, o and ô the allomorph -que is used. In addition to the above, there is also a rare allomorph -e which normally (but not always) applies to nouns already derived via a suffix. See also cag -a References Pennsylvania German Etymology From pdc gmh -ichin, from pdc goh -ihhīn, from pdc gem-pro *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from gem-pro *-ikaz + gem-pro *-īną (compare gmw-pro *-ukīn). Compare de -chen, nl -ke. Suffix pdc suffix plural -cher diminutive suffixes pdc diminutive -let, -ling, -kin Derived terms pdc Uyghur Suffix ug suffix ug Latin ـچە equivalence case suffix, noun-forming suffix Ye'kwana Pronunciation Suffix mch suffix allomorph of mch -ke adverbializer used for stems that end in mch i