-ere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ere"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch -eren. Compare also the more native Afrikaans -ers.

Suffix

-ere

  1. forms the plurals of six nouns
    been (leg; bone) + -erebeendere (bones)
    gelid (rank) + -eregeledere (ranks)
    gemoed (mind) + -eregemoedere (minds)
    goed (good) + -eregoedere (goods)
    lied (song; hymn) + -ereliedere (hymns)
    volk (people) + -erevolkere (peoples)

Usage notes

  • In most of the above cases, either the word as such or the plural belongs to a more literary register.
  • The noun blaar (leaf) is a backformation from a plural originally using this suffix (from Dutch blad > bladeren > blaren).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ere (second and third conjugations).

Suffix

-ere

  1. stem, to form the infinitive of some Italian verbs

Usage notes

  • See ricevere as an example of a regular -ere verb.
  • There are two groups of irregular -ere verbs:
    • Those in the first group have multiple irregularities (sometimes even in the infinitive), but several related verbs are conjugated in the same way
    • Those in the second group have irregular past participles and/or, in the past historic have an irregular stem in the first- and third-person singular and the third-person plural

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also


Latin

Alternative forms

  • -ēris

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.re/, [ˈeː.rɛ]

Suffix

-ēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *-āri, -ere, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz (masc. agent suffix).

Suffix

-ere m

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Derived terms

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Descendants


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed as part of Latin, French or German verbs. Cognate to French -er, German -ieren, Swedish -era.

Suffix

-ere

  1. Used in verbs derived from Latin, French or German, indicating the action of doing the first part of the word; such as revolusjonere (to revolutionise), from revolusjon (revolution).

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

As for Bokmål above.

Suffix

-ere

  1. Usage as for Bokmål above.

References

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius. Cognate with Old Frisian -ere, Old Saxon -āri, Old High German -āri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ere/

Suffix

-ere m

  1. masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns
    fugol (fowl, bird) + -erefuglere (fowler)

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ere

  1. nominative singular of -or (agent noun suffix)
    Le chanteorli chantere
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