-ieren

== German == === Alternative forms === -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900) === Etymology === From Middle High German -ieren, extracted by rebracketing of verbs borrowed from (Old) French, such as parlieren (Old French parlier + -en), or Italian, such as spazieren (Italian spaziare + -en). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iːrən/, [iːʁən], [iːrən], [iː.ɐn], [iɐ̯n] Rhymes: -iːʁən === Suffix === -ieren Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found mainly as a rendering of French, Italian, and Latin suffixes like -ire and -iare in borrowings, but it is also sometimes applied with a factitive meaning to German stems. ‎Möbel (“furniture”) + ‎-ieren → ‎möblieren (“to furnish”) ‎Zentrum (“centre”) + ‎-ieren → ‎zentrieren (“to centre”) ‎halb (“half”) + ‎-ieren → ‎halbieren (“to halve”) ‎Buchstabe (“letter”) + ‎-ieren → ‎buchstabieren (“to spell”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -fizieren -isieren ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: -ирам (-iram) → Russian: -ировать (-irovatʹ)→⇒ Georgian: -ირება (-ireba) → Serbo-Croatian: -irati === Further reading === “-ieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “-ieren” in Duden online == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old French -ier. === Suffix === -ieren used in verbs, indicating the action of doing something related to the first part of the word ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: -ieren, -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900)→ Bulgarian: -ирам (-iram)→ Russian: -ировать (-irovatʹ)→⇒ Georgian: -ირება (-ireba)→ Serbo-Croatian: -irati == Spanish == === Suffix === -ieren third-person plural future subjunctive of -er third-person plural future subjunctive of -ir ==== See also ==== -aren