-ern

ern ERN Ern English Etymology In form, from en enm -erne, enm -ern, enm -ren, enm -ron (enm northerne northern(e), enm northron, enm southerne so(u)thern(e), enm sothron, etc), from en ang -erne (ang norþerne, etc), from en gem-pro - *-r- (probably from rebracketing of *nurþrōnijaz etc) + gem-pro *-ōnijaz, whence also goh -rōni, osx -rōni, non -rǿnn / non -ǿnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from en northern, en southern, etc. (Contrast the ang -ern in ang hāliġern, etc., which is related to ang ærn place.) Suffix en nonstandard outside fossilized words Added to the names of directions to form adjectives. Derived terms en leftern, en rightern Related terms en northern, en eastern, en southern, en western en northron, en eastron, en southron, en westron See also en norther, en easter, en souther, en wester Further reading Anagrams en enr ner NER ren NRE -ren RNE Ren ENR -ner- REN German Pronunciation de [-ɐn] de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ern.wav de De--ern.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 Suffix de suffix verb-forming suffixes de now rarely productive iterative suffix, used to form verbs from other verbs de -eln used to form verbs from nouns, often with an additional prefix de be- Weihrauch beweihräuchern incense to incense Etymology 2 Extended form of de -en, generalised from such forms as de silbern, de kupfern, de ledern, originally also de eisern, in which -er is part of the stem. Suffix de suffix adjective-forming suffixes -en, made of (used to form adjectives from nouns) de Glas gläsern glass glassen Etymology 3 Equivalent to de -er plural suffix + de -n dative plural suffix. The former was originally a stem extension, so it could be followed by another declensional suffix. Suffix de suffix inflectional suffixes Dative plural suffix for nouns that form the plural in de -er. de der Mann – den Männern the man – to the men Usage notes Can be considered a suffix or a series of two suffixes. In words where de -er is part of the singular (e.g. de den Rechnern) only the latter interpretation is possible. Derived terms de de rebracketings Middle English Etymology 1 From enm ang -ern, from ang ærn place. Suffix enm suffix Denotes a place related to the noun it attaches to Etymology 2 From enm ang -erne. Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -erne Descendants en -ern Old English Pronunciation -ern Etymology 1 From the adjectival use of ang -ærn noun suffix denoting location, from ang ærn place. Alternative forms ang -ærn Suffix n forms nouns denoting a place ang hāliġ<t:holy> hāliġern<t:sanctuary, holy place> ang hors<t:horse> horsern<t:stable> ang ġemōt<t:meeting> ġemōtern<t:meeting place, hall> Declension -ern 1 Derived terms ang Descendants enm -ern Etymology 2 Variant of ang -erne. Suffix ang -erne; forms adjectives meaning “toward a cardinal direction” or “located in a specified cardinal direction” Descendants enm -erne -ern en -ern