-ern
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In form, from Middle English -erne, -ern, -ren, -ron (northern(e), northron, so(u)thern(e), sothron, etc), from Old English -erne (norþerne, etc), from Proto-Germanic *-r- (probably from rebracketing of *nurþrōnijaz etc) + *-ōnijaz, whence also Old High German -rōni, Old Saxon -rōni, Old Norse -rǿnn / Old Norse -ǿnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from northern, southern, etc.
(Contrast the -ern in hāliġern, etc., which is related to ærn (“place”).)
Suffix[edit]
-ern
- (nonstandard outside fossilized words) Added to the names of directions to form adjectives.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “-ern”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ern
- (now rarely productive) iterative suffix, used to form verbs from other verbs
- Synonym: -eln
- used to form verbs from nouns, often with an additional prefix
- be- + Weihrauch (“incense”) + -ern → beweihräuchern (“to incense”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Extended form of -en, generalised from such forms as silbern, kupfern, ledern, originally also eisern, in which -er is part of the stem.
Suffix[edit]
-ern
Etymology 3[edit]
-ern
- Dative plural suffix for nouns that form the plural in -er (with or without Umlaut) or whose plural form (not root) already ends in -er.
- der Mann - den Männern
- der Rechner - den Rechnern
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English -ern, from ærn (“place”).
Suffix[edit]
-ern
- Denotes a place related to the noun it attaches to
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English -erne.
Suffix[edit]
-ern
- Alternative form of -erne
Descendants[edit]
- English: -ern
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the adjectival use of -ærn (“noun suffix denoting location”), from ærn (“place”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ern
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: -ern
Etymology 2[edit]
Variant of -erne.
Suffix[edit]
-ern
- Suffix meaning "toward a place"; alternative form of -erne
Descendants[edit]
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English nonstandard terms
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German suffixes
- German verb-forming suffixes
- German adjective-forming suffixes
- German productive suffixes
- German inflectional suffixes
- German rebracketings
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English suffixes
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns