־לען

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Yiddish

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Etymology

From Middle High German -elen, from Old High German -alōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną (frequentative verbal suffix). Compare German -eln.

Pronunciation

Suffix

־לען (-len)

  1. Suffix used to form verbs, sometimes from other verbs and/or with formation of umlaut.
    באַרשטן (barshtn, to brush, to clean) + ‎־לען (-len) → ‎בערשטלען (bershtlen, to brush)

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