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Appendix:Variations of "ing"
English
Alternative forms
en -in' -in colloquial
en -ïng rare or nonstandard
Pronunciation
en /ɪŋ/ /ɪn/ /ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ing.wav Southern England
en En-us--ing.oga US
en /ɪŋɡ/ southern,_,North West England,northern,_,West Midlands,Derbyshire,South,_,Yorkshire,Kent,<<non-NG-coalescence>> Orton, H. et al., The Linguistic Atlas of England, Croom Helm, London: 1978.
en /ɪŋk/ /ɪŋɡ/ Kent,some dialects of,_,Australia,<<non-NG-coalescence>>
en ink
en /in/ /iŋ/ Upper Midwestern US,Pacific Northwest,Canada,pre-/ŋ/-tensingAllan Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English, Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 2000, p 143
en een
Etymology 1
en gerund noun :inh enm:-ynge<id:gerund noun>
en enm -ing, enm -yng, enm -ynge, from en ang -ing, ang -ung -ing suffix forming nouns from verbs, from en gmw-pro *-ingu, gmw-pro *-ungu, from en gem-pro *-ungō *-ingō, *-ungō -ing.
2 cog
Cognate with sco -in, sco -in', sco -ing -ing, yol -een -ing, stq -enge -ing, nl -ing -ing, de,lb -ung -ing, da -ing, da -ning -ing, is,nb,nn,sv -ing -ing, fr -ange -ing.
false cognate Unrelated to brh -اِنْگ -iṅg a suffix used to form infinitive or verbal noun from the base verb; -ing.
Suffix
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en noun Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
As true nouns.
en My hearing is not good.
en I have had several meetings with him.
en gerund As gerunds.
en Smoking marijuana cigarettes daily is bad for your health.
en She has a habit of sleeping late.
en I like meeting people.
en There's no escaping the fact that the bodywork needs painting.
Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.
en Roofing is material that is used to roof.
en Clothing is material with which one is clothed.
en The piping is a system of pipes considered collectively.
Usage notes
Compare en -tion, which can be applied to some (Latinate) nouns with almost the same meaning:
en the activating of the weapon must be stopped
en the act of activating the weapon must be stopped
en the activation of the weapon must be stopped
In the first and third phrases the words in bold are nouns, while in the second phrase the word in bold is a gerund and the noun is en act, cognate with en action.
There was formerly a tendency for the final vowel of a word to contract when this suffix was added; hence en carrying /ˈkæɹ(j)ɪŋ/ /ˈkæɹ(j)ɪn/, en following /ˈfɒlwɪŋ/ /ˈfɒlwɪn/, but analogy has usually now resulted in restoration of the full form (e.g., /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/ /ˈfɒloʊ.ɪn/). I 9.812 275
The same kind of analogy has resulted in pronunciations of en bottling such as /ˈbɒtəlɪŋ/ /ˈbɒtəlɪn/ (for earlier /ˈbɒtlɪŋ/ /ˈbɒtlɪn/).
Synonyms
act of doing something, action en -tion, en -ment
activity en -ery, en -ment
collection en -age, en -ery
Derived terms
collection
en batting bunting carpeting lining packing piping roofing siding ticking tubing wadding wiring
Translations
to form gerunds
Catalan: ca -ant, ca -ent, ca -int
Danish: da -ing
Dutch: nl -ing
Esperanto: eo -ado
Faroese: fo -ing
Finnish: fi -minen, fi -nti
French: fr -age
Galician: gl -ando, gl -endo, gl -indo
German: Use de zu + infinitive
Greek: Use el το el να + second person singular present verb form
Icelandic: is -ing
Interlingua: ia -ion, ia -mento, ia -ar, ia -er, ia -ir
Italian: first-conjugation gerund it -ando, second- and third-conjugation gerund it -endo
Japanese: use a verb in continuative form (i.e., ja 泳ぎ oyogi swimming from ja 泳ぐ oyogu to swim), ja の -の -no, ja こと -こと -koto
Khmer: km ការ kaa prefix
Lao: lo
Malay: ms peng--an
Norwegian: no -ing
Nǀuu: ngh -ki
Old Norse: non -ing
Persian: fa ـش
Polish: pl -anie n, pl -cie n
Portuguese: pt -ando, pt -endo, pt -indo
Romanian: ro -ând, ro -ind
Spanish: es -ando, es -iendo
Tamil: ta -அல்
Thai: th การ- gaan-, th ความ- kwaam-
Turkish: tr -yor, tr -mekte, tr -makta
act of doing something
Chinese:
Mandarin: with no suffix, verbs can be used as nouns
Danish: da -ing c
Dutch: nl -ing f nominalization of the infinitive
Faroese: fo -ing f
Finnish: fi -minen
French: fr -age m, fr -tion f, fr -ment m
German: de -ung f
Italian: it -zione f (it -azione f, it -uzione f), it -mento m, informal it -aggio f
Low German: nds -d n; nds -ung f
German Low German: nds-de -en f; nds-de -inge -inge, -ing f, nds-de -unge -unge, -ung
Middle Low German: gml -t n; gml -inge f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -ing mf
Nynorsk: nn -ing f
Old Norse: non -ing f
Polish: pl -nie n, pl -cie n
Romanian: ro -re f
Russian: ru -а́ние n, ru -е́ние n, ru -о́вка f, ru -ля f
Swedish: sv -ing c
Tagalog: tl pag-
Turkish: tr -ma, tr -ış
Yiddish: yi ־ונג f
materials, systems of objects
Dutch: nl -werk n, nl systeem n -systeem
Faroese: fo -ing f
Italian: it -tura f
Malay: ms -an
Old Norse: non -ing f
See also
collection en work
Etymology 2
en participial :inh enm:-ynge<id:present participle>
From en enm -inge, enm -ynge, alteration of earlier enm -inde, enm -ende, enm -and (see en -and), from en ang -ende present participle ending, from en gmw-pro *-andī, from en gem-pro *-andz present participle ending, from en ine-pro *-onts.
Cognate with fy -end, nl -end, af -ende, de -end, nds -end, da -ende, sv -ande, is -andi, got -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃, got -𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃, la -ans, la -ans -ant-, grc -ων, sa -अन्त्, fa ـنده -ande, pl -ący, pl -ąc, cs -oucí, uk -учий, sh -ući/sh -ући. More at en -and.
Suffix
inflectional suffixes
en present participle Used to form present participles of verbs.
en Rolling stones gather no moss.
en My new cabin, which is going to look over the lake, is getting a brand new roof this winter.
en I wondered what time the play was starting.
en Anybody touching this wire will get a deadly shock.
en When it occurred, I was flying to New York a great deal.
en She told us they were skiing in Burgos the following week.
en We were boogieing from midnight until three o’clock in the morning.
en It's a very creative job, allowing us a great deal of latitude.
en Refusing to apologise, I stormed out the room. I'm regretting doing such a stupid thing already.
en I was listening to music while I was driving here.
en It's a very creative job, allowing me a great deal of latitude.
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Translations
to form present participles
Belizean Creole: bzj di
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 緊 gan2, yue 住 zyu6
Mandarin: cmn 著, cmn 着 zhe, cmn 正在 zhèngzài
Danish: da -ende
Dutch: nl -end
Esperanto: eo -anta
Estonian: et -v
Faroese: fo -andi
Finnish: fi -va, fi -vä
French: fr -ant
Galician: gl -ando, gl -endo, gl -indo
German: de -end
Hungarian: hu -ó/hu -ő
Icelandic: is -andi
Ido: io -anta
Interlingua: ia -ante, ia -ente, ia -iente
Italian: first-conjugation persent participle it -ante, second- and third-conjugation present participle it -ente
Japanese: ja ている (-te iru)
Khmer: km កំពុង kɑmpuŋ prefix
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr -er, kmr -ende, kmr -bar
Lao: lo
Latin: la -ens
Neapolitan: nap -anno, nap -enno
Norwegian: no -ende
Polish: pl -ący
Portuguese: pt -ando, pt -endo, pt -indo
Russian: ru -ающий, ru -ящий, ru -ущий, ru -ющий, ru -ащий, ru -еющий, ru -ующий, ru -я́ющий, ru -щий
Spanish: es -ando verbs ending in es -ar, verbs ending in es -er and es -ir: es -iendo after a consonant, es -yendo after a vowel; es estar que colloquial, es -ante (1st conjugation), es -iente (2nd and 3rd conjugations)
Swedish: sv -ande verbs ending in sv -a, sv -ende verbs ending in other letter than -a
Thai: th กำลัง gam-lang
Turkish: tr -iyor, tr -yor, tr -uyor, tr -ıyor, tr -üyor, tr -en, tr -yen, tr -an, tr -yan
Xibe: sjo -maħ
Etymology 3
en king :inh enm:-yng<id:diminutive>
From en enm -ynge, from en ang -ing, from en gmw-pro *-ing, from en gem-pro *-ingaz. Akin to non -ingr.
Suffix
en diminutive en no longer productive suffix Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
en Ealing, Dorking, Reading, Worthing
en Browning, Channing, Ewing
en *bunt bunting enm
en skill shilling
en fourth farthing
Forming nouns having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of
en sweet sweeting
en white whiting
en geld gelding
Derived terms
en diminutive
See also
en -ed
References
Further reading
-ing¹ V 281–282 https://archive.org/details/newenglishdict05murrmiss/page/281/mode/2up
-ing² V 282
-ing³ V 282 2
Anagrams
en gin IGN Gin gin nig NGI GNI
Danish
Alternative forms
da -ning
Etymology
From da non -ing, non -ung, from da gem-pro *-ingō, gem-pro *-ungō.
Pronunciation
da [eŋ]
Suffix
en er
added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process, the result of or the subject performing such action
designates a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities
Declension
en er
Synonyms
added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process da -else, da -tion
Derived terms
da
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ɪŋ/
Etymology 1
nl dum -inge, from nl odt -inga, odt -unga, odt -onga, from nl gmw-pro *-ingu, gmw-pro *-ungu, from nl gem-pro *-ungō.
Suffix
f -en -inkje,+
en -ing, -ation; forms nouns from verbs, referring to the action of the verb or result of that action
nl barricaderen<t:to barricade> barricadering<t:(act of) barricading; a barricade>
nl aarzelen<t:to hesitate> aarzeling<t:hesitation>
Derived terms
nl
Etymology 2
From nl dum -inc, from nl odt -ing, from nl gmw-pro *-ing, from nl gem-pro *-ingaz.
Alternative forms
nl -inck -ink
Suffix
mfbysense<qq:in surnames>,n<qq:in place names> nl no longer productive suffix
en -ing; forms nouns for a person originating from a place or family
nl Brunsting hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands
nl Greffeling hamlet in Gelderland, Netherlands
nl Vlaming Fleming, Flemish person
Usage notes
The suffix is no longer productive and is not generally recognised in this meaning. It is found in many place names and surnames, however.
East Central German
Alternative forms
gmw-ecg -üng
Suffix
gmw-ecg suffix
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch en -ing noun
French
Etymology
fr :ubor en:-ing<id:gerund noun>
fr en -ing.
Pronunciation
-iŋ(g)
-ɪŋ Canada
Suffix
m
fr productive suffix Used to form verbal nouns from verbs
Usage notes
The suffix is used productively to create pseudo-anglicisms with terms borrowed from English, for example, fr footing jogging and fr relooking makeover.en 2017 Saugera, Valérie Remade in France: Anglicisms in the Lexicon and Morphology of French Oxford; New York w:Oxford University Press 9780190625542 2016019835
Derived terms
fr
fr acting action painting amazing ambush marketing art street fighting banking bashing beatboxing benchmarking bending betting binge drinking blogging bodybuilding bookmaking booming boxing brainstorming brushing bullying busing camping canaping carjacking,car-jacking casting circuit bending clogging closing clubbing computing consulting cost killing cost-cutting cottaging couch surfing,couch-surfing creative thinking crowdfunding crowdsourcing curling cybersquatting dancing datamining doctor shopping downsizing dressing dripping e-bullying e-learning editing fact-checking featuring feeling fishing folding fooding French bashing fronting gagging gaming gardening greenwashing grooming hacking happy ending headbanging high frequency trading hijacking home-jacking housing first including iteming kickboxing,kick boxing kidding legging levelling up lobbying mailing list mapping marketing mastering matching meeting microblogging miscasting name dropping,name-dropping nightclubbing,night-clubbing operating system overbooking padding parking parking day piercing pricing pro-gaming quantitative easing rafting ranking relooking reporting retrogaming ruling class running running gag setting shooting shopping short selling skate painting,skate-painting sleeping partner snacking songwriting soundpainting speed dating,speed-dating spinning sporting club starring storytelling strapping streaming streamlining street painting surfing tap dancing testing tracklisting trigging twittering uploading vetting voice acting waterboarding wishful thinking wording working wrestling
References
Fuyug
Suffix
fuy suffix
plural marker
fuy amul woman : fuy amuling women
References
Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)
German
Etymology
de en -ing. Doublet of native de -ung.
Suffix
de suffix n genitive -ings plural -ings
de in English borrowings en -ing
de productive suffix colloquial humorous Used to form verbal nouns which jocularly imply that something is a sport, trend, or fashionable concept.
de Extremsparing extreme saving: saving money as a sport
de Cloud-Abwasching cloud dish washing: dish washing following the cloud principle
2001, Ulrich Busse, Typen von Anglizismen, in: Gerhard von Stickel (ed.), Neues und Fremdes im deutschen Wortschatz, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston, p. 131-155 [only a mentioning]
de Typen von Anglizismen: von der heilago geist bis Extremsparing – aufgezeigt anhand ausgewählter lexikographischer Kategorisierungen. Types of anglicisms: from der heilago geist [Old High German for “the Holy Spirit”] to extreme saving – illustrated by means of selected lexicographic categorisations.
de 2012 Hans Zippert Wir verlagern das ganze Leben in die Internetwolke https://www.welt.de/debatte/kolumnen/zippert_zappt/article13909052/Wir-verlagern-das-ganze-Leben-in-die-Internetwolke.html Website of Die Welt Beim Cloud-Abwasching wird das schmutzige Geschirr einfach ausgelagert, damit es keinen Speicherplatz in der Spüle wegnimmt und jeder darauf zugreifen kann, der die Lizenz zum Abwasch hat. In cloud dish washing, the dirty crockery is simply swapped out, so it doesn’t take up any memory in the kitchen sink and everybody who has a wash-up licence can access it.
Usage notes
Productive use is chiefly restricted to ad-hoc formations (such as the two examples above).
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
hu suffix verb-forming suffixes
hu frequentative suffix Added to a verb or to an onomatopoeic stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.
hu kering to circulate, orbit
Usage notes
Derived terms
hu verb
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
568 -ng
Icelandic
Etymology
is non -ing, from is gem-pro *-ingō, gem-pro *-ungō.
Suffix
@@
en -ing; indicates an action performed by a verb
Declension
f
Derived terms
is
Low German
Etymology
nds gml -inc, from nds osx -ing, from nds gmw-pro *-ing, from nds gem-pro *-ingaz.
Suffix
nds suffix nds Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
used to form diminutives
Usage notes
Nouns derived with this suffix are neuters and their plural end in -ings.
The suffix can not only be added to nouns, but also to other parts of speech like adverbs.
Derived terms
nds Bläuming nds Bräuding de Brüderchen (little brother) nds Dirning Dirnken < Dirn (young girl) nds Döchting de Töchterchen (little daughter) fixing Körling Nahwersching nipping
See also
nds -ken
East Frisian nds -je, nds -tje, nds -ke
References
Carl Friedrich Müller, Zur Sprache Fritz Reuters. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mecklenburgischen Mundart, Leipzig: Max Hesse's Verlag, 1902, pp. 41-2, 47.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -ynge gerund noun gerund
Etymology 2
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -ynge present participle present participle
Etymology 3
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -yng
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
nb :inh non:-ingr
nb non -ingr m, non -ingi m, non -ing f, from nb gem-pro *-ingō, gem-pro *-ungō.
Pronunciation
nb /ɪŋ/
nb ɪŋ
Suffix
nb suffix m f or m (see below)
Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing.
no Han var lei av masing. He was tired of nagging. y
Used to form demonyms.
nb Færøyene færøying
Usage notes
The gender is usually m or f (in Bokmål) if the word ended in non -ing in Old Norse and m if it ended in non -ingr or non -ingi. Living things like nb islending Icelander and nb dumming idiot are usually m whilst inanimate things like nb stråling radiation and nb eting the act of eating usually are m f.
Derived terms
nb
nb austlending estlending finlending flamlending færøying grønlending helgelending hjaltlending<qq:Nynorsk> hollending hordalending innlending irlending islending leilending<qq:Bokmål> leiglending<qq:Nynorsk> lettlending nederlending newzealending nordlending nyzealending shetlending swazilending sørlending thailending utlending vestlending viking østlending
See also
nb -ning
References
nb noun-forming suffixes
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
nn non -ing f.
Suffix
nn suffix f
Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing.
Derived terms
nn
Etymology 2
From nn non -ingr m, non -ingi m.
Suffix
nn suffix m
Used to form demonyms.
nn Færøyane færøying
See also
nn -ning
References
nn noun-forming suffixes
Ojibwe
Final
oj final noun finals
used in certain adverbs
Derived terms
oj ingoding
oj ningoding
Suffix
oj suffix noun suffixes
A suffix denoting the locative form of a noun
See also
oj -ang -aang -iing -ng -ong
References
The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ing-final
Old English
Pronunciation
-ing
Etymology 1
Variant of ang -ung.
Alternative forms
ang -ung
Suffix
f
forms nouns from verbs, indicating action, process or material
Declension
-ing
Derived terms
ang
Etymology 2
ang belonging to :inh gmw-pro:*-ing<id:belonging to>
From ang gmw-pro *-ing, from ang gem-pro *-ingaz.
Suffix
m proper noun
ang son forms proper nouns from other proper nouns indicating the son of someone
ang Cūþa<pos:proper name> Cūþing<t:son of Cūþa>
ang Cyneweald<pos:proper name> Cynewealding<t:son of Cūþa>
ang Scyld<ng:legendary Danish king> Scylding<t:Dane><l:poetic><lit:son of Scyld>
forms nouns from nouns, proper nouns and adjectives indicating belonging to, relating to or in the retinue of someone, often figuratively>
ang heard<t:hard; brave> hearding<t:brave man; warrior>
ang æþele<t:noble> æþeling<t:nobleman, prince>
ang Cent<t:Kent> Centingas<t:people of Kent>
ang cyne-<t:royal> cyning<t:king>
ang fierd<t:army> fyrding<t:army, host>
ang sæcc<t:sack; sackcloth> sæċċing<t:sackcloth>
Declension
-ing
Derived terms
ang son
Old Norse
Alternative forms
non -ung
Etymology
non :inh gem-pro:*-ungō<alt:*-ingō>
non gem-pro *-ungō *-ingō.
Suffix
non suffix f
forms gerund nouns from verbs
Declension
-ing -ingu Note the dative -u that is a staple of the declension of these words
Derived terms
non -ing
Descendants
da -ing
fo -ing
is -ing -ung
nb -ing
nn -ing
gmq-osw -ing -ung
sv -ing -ung (fossilized, may arize from pattern)
See also
non -an f
non -ingi m, non -ingr m
Old Swedish
Etymology
gmq-osw :inh non:-ing
gmq-osw non -ing, from gmq-osw gem-pro *-ingō, gem-pro *-ungō.
Suffix
gmq-osw suffix
Forms gerund nouns from verbs
Declension
-ing
Descendants
sv -ing -ung
Ottawa
Suffix
otw suffix
locative
References
194
Polish
Etymology
pl nominal :bor en:-ing<id:gerund noun> + 1 -unek
Pronunciation
Suffix
pl suffix m-in
Forms colloquial or humorous nouns.
pl grzyb grzybing
Declension
Derived terms
pl
Scots
Suffix
sco suffix
sco -in ing
Spanish
Alternative forms
es -in
Etymology
es :ubor en:-ing + 1
Suffix
m
forms verbal nouns from verbs
Usage notes
Most terms suffixed with -ing are borrowed directly from English, but some are not (e.g., es footing (pseudo-anglicism), es puenting, es edredoning).
Usage notes
Derived terms
es
Sundanese
Etymology 1
From su osn -iṅ. Reanalyzed as derivative of su aing.
Suffix
suffix -ᮄᮀ
su archaic poetic Possessive first person singular oblique enclitic pronoun
su anaking my child
See also
Etymology 2
From su jv ꦲꦶꦁ, from su kaw iṅ. su ing
Suffix
suffix -ᮄᮀ
su formal or literary rare suffix indicating possession or belonging within a given place or time
su ratuning sajagat the ruler of the world
su salebeting galih the contents of one's heart
su salianing Raden except for the Raden
Alternative forms
su -ning
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology 1
sv verbal noun :inh gmq-osw:-ing
sv gmq-osw -ing, gmq-osw -ung, from sv non -ing, non -ung, from sv gem-pro *-ingō, gem-pro *-ungō. Cognate with de -ung.
Suffix
sv suffix c f
Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ation; en -ing
Derived terms
sv verbal noun
Related terms
sv -ning
sv -ung archaic
Etymology 2
sv -er :inh gmq-osw:-inger
From sv gmq-osw -inger, from sv non -ingr, from sv gem-pro *-ingaz. Cognate with is -ingur, en -ing#Etymology 3 -ing derivative suffix.
Suffix
sv suffix c m
sv demonym sv rarely productive suffix added to a noun stem, causing i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a descendant of a person, etc.; -er, -ite. See also sv -ling.
sv Skåne Scania skåning Scanian
sv Island Iceland islänning Icelander
sv diminutive sv rarely productive suffix diminutive suffix
sv get goat geting wasp
sv släkt (extended) family släkting relative
sv galen crazy galning crazy person, lunatic, madman
Derived terms
sv demonym
sv diminutive
Anagrams
sv gin gin nig
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl -ng for roots ending in vowels
Etymology
tl :der<unc> es:-ín ++ 1 Compare tl tsikiting with es chiquitín and list of derived terms.
Pronunciation
Suffix
+
diminutive suffix, used to form diminutives ending in consonants, especially given names, often one already shortened or with a diminutive suffix.
Derived terms
tl
See also
tl -ay -ita -ito -ng -oy
Uzbek
Etymology
uz
Pronunciation
uz
Suffix
ing ng
-инг
uz suffix
second-person singular possessive suffix, used after a noun ending in a consonant
uz Bu kitobing. This is your book. 1
Usage notes
When directly addressing another person, it is polite to use the plural uz -ingiz or uz -ngiz forms.
uz nominal affixes