-else

From -ilse, later -ælsæ, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

• IPA^(key): /-əlsə/, [-əlsə]

-else c (singular definite -elsen, plural indefinite -elser, plural definite -elserne)

1. added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process
2. the result of, or something related to, such an action or process

• -ing
• -sel
• -tion

• -els
• -elsch
• -sel
• -el

From Middle Low German -else, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo; from Proto-Germanic *-isliją. Cognate with Dutch -sel, Swedish -else, Old English -else.

• IPA^(key): /əlsə/, [(ə)lzə]

-else n

1. Creating, from a verb, a noun which is created by the action of this verb (not necessarily one with which the verb is supposed to be done).

   Backelse (“pastry”): that which is baked (in a wider sense anything baked like bread and cakes) — from backen (“to bake”)

   Radelse (“riddle”): that which is guessed — from raden (“to guess”); compare German Rätsel, Dutch raadsel, Old English rǣdelse

   Riemelse (“rhyme”): that which is rhymed — from riemen (“to rhyme”)

• -sel

From Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-Germanic *-isliją.

• IPA^(key): /əlzə/

-else

1. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something on which the verb is performed.

   ên backelse

   a baked good; literally 'that which is created by baking'

2. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting an object which is used to perform the verb.

   ên deckelse

   a cover, a roof, a wrapping; literally 'that which is used to cover'

From Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

-else

1. added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process
2. the result of, or something related to, such an action or process

• “-else” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• -elle

A metathetic form of Proto-Germanic *-isliją, from Proto-Germanic *-is-, a noun particle + Proto-Germanic *-lij-, a verbal particle. More at -sian, -lian

• IPA^(key): /else/, [elze]

-else f

1. (feminine suffix for inanimate objects) suffix creating nouns from verbs

   rǣdelse (“counsel, advise, riddle, enigma”)

   myrrelse, mierrelse (“an offense, scandal; stumblingblock”)

• -els

• English -le

From Old Saxon -isli, -islo. Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse.

-else

1. creating nouns from verbs