-en-

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• IPA^(key): /ə(n)/

-en-

1. genitival interfix indicating that the former element is a characteristic of the latter; sometimes connotes countability or plurality

   ‎paard (“horse”) + ‎-en- + ‎kracht (“power”) → ‎paardenkracht (“horsepower”)

   ‎tulp (“tulip”) + ‎-en- + ‎bol (“bulb”) → ‎tulpenbol (“tulip bulb”)

• -e-
• -s-

From -en, Middle High German -en.

-en-

1. Alternative form of -n-

   ‎Mensch + ‎-en- + ‎Welt → ‎Menschenwelt

   ‎Frau + ‎-en- + ‎Versammlung → ‎Frauenversammlung (“women's assembly, assembly of women”)

• -en
• -s-, -es-

Derived from Proto-Slavic *-en-. Compare prüsenĕ from Proto-Slavic *prosenъ.

-en-

1. forms adjectives from nouns

   ai̯tă + -en- → ai̯tenă

   komåi̯ + -en- → kominenă

   lüi̯ + -en- → lüjenă

• -n-

• Kazimierz Polański (2010) Jan Okuniewski, editor, Gramatyka języka połabskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Katowice: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, page 149

• -ěn- (International Standard)

See -en.

-en-

1. Forms the oblique plural stem of oikoclitic nouns