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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch -sel, from Middle Dutch -sel, from Old Dutch -isli, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
-sel
- -age, -ion; Creates nouns from verbs indicating something which performs or has undergone an action or is the result of the action.
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse -sl, -sla, Old English -ls, -els. Related to -else. See “-sel” in Den Danske Ordbog.
Suffix[edit]
-sel
- Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act of verbing", or a sense otherwise related to the act of verbing.
Usage notes[edit]
Nouns formed with -sel can be of either gender. In declensions, -e- is elided by most speakers (thus e.g. brændsel, brændslet, brændsler, brændslerne), which is prescribed by Dansk Sprognævn.[1]
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch -sel, from Old Dutch -isli, from Proto-West Germanic *-islī. Cognate with Old English -else, Swedish -else. Compare with -zel in Schnitzel.
Suffix[edit]
-sel n
- -age, -ion; Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action.
- Examples:
- toevoegen (“to add”) + -sel → toevoegsel (“addition, appendix”)
- bakken (“to bake”) + -sel → baksel (“bake-age, something that has been baked”)
- verschijnen (“to appear”) + -sel → verschijnsel (“appearance, something that appears”)
- Examples:
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Estonian[edit]
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-sel
German[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *-islī.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
-sel (n)
- Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which is a fragment of the target of a verb, whether mechanically created or by intellectual activity
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Low German[edit]
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-sel
- Alternative form of -else
Middle Low German[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
-sel
- Alternative form of -else
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
-sel m or f
- used to form nouns from verbs.
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References[edit]
- “-sel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
-sel m
- used to form nouns from verbs.
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References[edit]
- “-sel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-sel
- making a noun from a verb
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Turkish[edit]
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