-en

Morpheme

-en

Type

suffix

Denotation

English plural noun suffix, Germanic plural noun suffix

Etymology

(1) Middle English -en; Old English -an; (2) German -en; Middle High German -en; Old High German -an, -ōn, -en. -ien, -nen; (3) Dutch -en; Middle Dutch -en; Old Dutch -on

Evidence

children, daughtren, delicatessen, erven, hosen, oxen, terpen

See Also

-(e)s [-s, -es]

Homographs

En, En, -(e)n [-en, -n], -(e)n [-en, -n], -en, -en, -en, -en, -(e)n(e) [-en, -ne, -n]

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