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-sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

Danish

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Etymology

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From søn (“son”); the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

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-sen

  1. (not productive) -son; Forms patronymic surnames.

Derived terms

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Danish terms suffixed with -sen

References

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  • Norwegian-American Surnames (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 1

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sen

  1. Alternative form of -s (“patronymic suffix”)

Derived terms

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Dutch terms suffixed with -sen

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German -sen, byform of -(ez)zen, from Old High German -ezzen, -azzen, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną. In some cases merged with unrelated Old High German -isōn, from Proto-Germanic *-isōną. Modern formations often interact with the nominal suffix -s in such a way that it is impossible to say whether the derivation is denominal or deverbal (e.g. stuppen > Stups > stupsen or stuppen > stupsen > Stups).

Suffix

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-sen

  1. Verbal suffix that expresses an action being intensified or stretched by iteration.
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German terms suffixed with -sen

Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German -(e)sen, contraction of -hûsen. Thus a byform of German -hausen, which occurs in the same areas in seemingly random variation. Compare -trop, -trup, another Low German contraction that has often survived unaltered.

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-sen

  1. Placename suffix found in northern Germany.
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Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -syen, -shen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Tok Pisin -sen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-sen/
  • Hyphenation: -sén

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-sen (Jawi spelling سين-)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) -tion
    imigresen ― immigration
    stesen ― station

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In newer adaptations of English loanwords ending in -tion or -sion, this is now replaced by -si in an effort to make the ending of words of this kind uniform with its Dutch-derived counterparts in Indonesian (compare opsyen for option and aksi for action).

Derived terms

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Malay terms suffixed with -sen

Middle Low German

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sen

  1. -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames

Norwegian

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Etymology

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From sønn; the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

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-sen

  1. -son

Derived terms

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Norwegian terms suffixed with -sen

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -sen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Malay -sen and Tagalog -syon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: -syen

Suffix

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-sen

  1. -tion
    imigresen ― immigration
    stesen ― station

Derived terms

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Category Tok Pisin terms suffixed with -sen not found

Welsh

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-sen

  1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural conditional
  2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural conditional

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Category Welsh terms suffixed with -sen not found
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