-ens

== English == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Suffix ==== -ens third-person singular simple present indicative of -en === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Suffix ==== -ens plural of -en === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Suffix ==== -ens plural of -en == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɛns] Rhymes: -ɛns Hyphenation: -ens === Suffix === -ens masculine plural of -è masculine plural of -é == German == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Suffix ==== -ens plural suffix for family names that end in a sibilant consonant Schmitz → (die) Schmitzens (“the Schmitzes, “the Schmitz family”) Pütz → (die) Pützens (“the Pützes, “the Pütz family”) === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Suffix ==== -ens (dated) genitive suffix for personal names that end in a sibilant consonant Max → Maxens Vater (“Max’s father”) Klaus → Klausens Mutter (“Klaus’s mother”) (dated) genitive suffix for personal names that end in -ia Claudia → Claudiens Tochter (“Claudia’s daughter”) Maria → Mariens Sohn (“Mary’s son”) ===== Usage notes ===== In contemporary usage the genitive is usually left unchanged after sibilants, and indicated with an apostrophe in writing: Max’ Vater. Such unchanged genitives, in turn, are often avoided and paraphrased: der Vater von Max (colloquially: vom Max). The genitive is formed with -s after -ia: Claudias, Marias. Only the form Mariens remains current, but it is restricted to the Virgin Mary. === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Suffix ==== -ens forms adverbs from superlatives and ordinal numbers der erste (“the first”) → erstens (“firstly”) am meisten (“most”) → meistens (“mostly”) am besten (“best”) → bestens (“very well; best”) am frühesten (“earliest”) → frühestens (“at the earliest”) ===== Usage notes ===== Adverbs in -ens often have an absolute superlative sense, meaning “at most, maximally” or “very much, exceedingly”. These forms are widely lexicalized, however. That is to say that they cannot be formed freely, except in poetic or humorous language. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === duden.de: Beugung von Personennamen, Ehrenrettung für Großmutters Apfelkuchen == Hungarian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -ēns (present active participle suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛnʃ] Rhymes: -ɛnʃ Hyphenation: -ens === Suffix === -ens A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns and adjectives. It is not an independent Hungarian suffix. ágens (“agent”) dekadens (“decadent”) ==== Usage notes ==== Variants: -áns is added to back-vowel words -ens is added to front-vowel words ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian suffixes === References === Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006 == Latin == === Etymology === Rebracketing of forms such as monēns (stem monē- + suffix -ns) or legēns (stem leg- + thematic vowel -e- + -ns). === Suffix === -ēns (genitive -entis); third-declension participle ending of the present active participle of second and third conjugation verbs; see -ns ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: -ent == Latvian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Suffix === -ens added to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply a variant of -enis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -enis -ene -ēns == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English -ence, from Middle English -ence, from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [-əns] Hyphenation: -ens === Suffix === -ens (Jawi spelling ـنس) (no longer productive) -ence valens ― valence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ====