-lin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lin"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -lin, variant of -ling. More at -ling.

Suffix

-lin

(dialectal) Alternative form of -ling

Anagrams

-nil-, NIL, nil

Middle High German

Alternative forms

-elīn
-elī (in rhymes)
-lī

Suffix

-līn

Appended to a noun, making it a diminutive with neuter gender.

Derived terms

brüederlīn
esellīn
heselīn
knebelīn
küechelīn
lietlīn, liedlīn
magetlīn, meidelīn
müeterlīn, muoterlīn
muschellīn
ōrelīn, œrelīn
singerlīn
stërnlīn
swësterlīn
vaterlīn, veterlīn
vrouwelīn, vröuwelīn, vröulīn
vogellīn, vogelīn

Related terms

-el
heidelīn
neselīn
words formed with -elīn:
- bërgelīn
- boumelīn
- buochelīn, büechelīn
- ermelīn
- hiuselīn
- hiutelīn
- hundelīn
- hendelīn
- kindelīn
- liedelīn
- miuselīn
- pherdelīn
words formed with -lī:
- esellī
- megtlī

See also

-chīn, -ichīn
- beinichīn
- stërnechīn
- vogelchīn, voilchīn

Descendants

German: -lein
Vilamovian: -ła
Yiddish: ־ל‎ (-l)

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