-end

See also: end, End, and end-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin -endus, a gerundive ending, related to -andus.

Suffix

-end

  1. Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.
    addend, subtrahend, dividend

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -end

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -ende, from Old High German -enti, -anti, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch -end, Old English -ende. See English -and, -ing for more.

The gerundive use of the present participle goes back to the dative form of the Middle High German infinitive, which was sometimes enhanced with -d- through interaction with the present participle: ze lesene → ze lesende (“to read”). Placed before the noun, this construction was then reinterpreted as actually involving a participle, which lead to grammatical agreement: das zu lesende Buch, and thus by analogy ein zu lesendes Buch (“a book to [be] read”). Compare the etymologically correct construction in Dutch het/een te lezen boek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ənt/
  • (file)

Suffix

-end

  1. A suffix forming the present participle of German verbs, analogous to English -ing.
    Weinend rief sie bei mir an. ― Crying, she called me [on the telephone].
    Die tanzenden Mädchen sind hübsch. ― The dancing girls are pretty.
    Er inseriert die zu vermietende Wohnung. (Gerundive use, cf. etymology above) ― He places an advert for the flat to be let out.

Hungarian

Etymology

From -amod / -emed.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛnd]

Suffix

-end

  1. (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.
    ör(öm) (“joy”), ör(ül) (“to be glad”) → örvend (“to rejoice at something”)
  2. (personal suffix, archaic) Added to a verb to form the future tense.
    Synonyms: majd, fog + infinitive
    te(nni) (“to do or put”) → teend (“s/he will do or put [something]”)
    le(nni) (“to be”) → leend (“s/he will be”)

Usage notes

  • (both senses) Harmonic variants:
    -and is added to back-vowel verbs
    -end is added to front-vowel verbs

Derived terms

References

  1. -end in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds.). A magyar nyelvtörténet kézikönyve (’A Handbook of Hungarian Linguistic History’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2018, page 145, section 3.2., →ISBN

Ojibwe

Final

-end

  1. act by thought on
  2. perceive by thought
  3. feel in the mind

Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, taken from the present participle form of verbs. See -ende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /end/

Suffix

-end

  1. suffix denoting the agent of an action; -er
    ‎āgan (“to own”) + ‎-end → ‎āgend (“owner”)
    ‎hǣlan (“to save”) + ‎-end → ‎hǣlend (“savior”)
    ‎lufian (“to love”) + ‎-end → ‎lufiend (“lover”)
    ‎sċildan (“to protect”) + ‎-end → ‎sċildend (“protector”)
    ‎timbran (“to build”) + ‎-end → ‎timbrend (“builder”)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -end
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