-ning

-ning

1. alternative form of -ing

From Old Norse -ning, -ningr

-ning m or f

1. used to form nouns, usually from verbs.

• -ing

• “-ning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse -ning, -ningr

-ning f, m + f, or m

1. used to form nouns, usually from verbs.

• -ing

• “-ning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

-ning (productive)

1. Used to form nouns from a verb, usually referring to the end result of the verb action. Verb stems ending in n or certain consonant clusters take -ing instead.

   översättning, rättning

2. Some nouns ending in -an get an -ing or -ning suffix in the plural before the -ar/-arna plural suffix. (Note however, that begäran deviates from this pattern.)

   fordran → fordringar, förfrågan → förfrågningar, predikan → predikningar

-ning (Cyrillic spelling -нинг)

1. Genitive case marker. Indicates that either that previous word has possession of the following word, or the following word is an attribute or a portion of the previous word. It functions like the English suffix “'s”.
   • Otamning ruchkasi.

     It's my father's pen.

The first person singular pronoun men and the second person singular pronoun sen are formed as "mening", and "sening" respectively.