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Dutch
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ken n (plural -kens)
- Alternative form of -ke
German
Etymology
From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ken n (plural 1 -kes, plural 2 -kens, plural 3 -ken)
- (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives
- Haus → Häusken ― little house
- Dorf → Dörfken ― little village
- Pulle → Pülleken ― little bottle
Usage notes
- After stops, particularly after k, a linking -s- is often inserted: Pack → Päcksken (see Päckchen (“parcel”)).
- Sometimes an old linking -e- is also preserved: Mann → Männeken (see derived terms below).
Derived terms
Related terms
German Low German
Alternative forms
Suffix
-ken n (plural -kens or -kes)
- used to make diminutives
Derived terms
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ken or -kên
- (dialect) alternative form of -kan (Java)
- memutuskan (standard) >> mêmutuskên (dialect)
- menyatakan (standard) >> mênyatakên (dialect)
- “Saya memutusken, ehem, untuk menyataken berhenti dari jabatan saya sebagai Presiden Republik Indonesia, terhitung sejak saya bacaken pernyataan ini pada hari ini, Kamis 21 Mei 1998.” ― I decided, um, to declare of resignation from my post as President of the Republic of Indonesia since I read this declaration on today, Thursday, 21 May 1998.
Japanese
Romanization
-ken
- Rōmaji transcription of けん
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكن (-ken). Equivalent of iken (“while”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
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preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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postconsonantal
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-ken
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-ken
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postvocalic
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-yken
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-yken
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-ken
- while, whilst, when, as
Gençken daha hızlı koşardım.- I used to run much faster when I was young.
Hazır dışarı çıkmışken bir de kedi maması al.- Since you're out already, buy us some cat food.
Tam yemeğe başlayacakken kapı çaldı.- Right when we were about to start the dinner, the door rang.
Etymology 2
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preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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default
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-gan
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-gen
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assimilated
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-kan
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-ken
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From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ken
- Assimilated form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
- gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + -egen → gezegen (“planet”)
- çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + -gen → çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
- çalış- (“to work, to study”) + -kan → çalışkan (“hardworking”)