-te
See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"
Chuukese
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch -ede, from Old Dutch -itha, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō. More at -th.
Middle Dutch -ede was shortened to -de in late Middle Dutch, and the suffix was devoiced to -te according to the 't kofschip rule. This voiceless variety was then taken to be the suffix proper and the voiced variety gradually fell out of use.
Suffix
-te f (plural -ten or -tes)
- appended to an adjective, making a feminine noun which refers to the size or quality referred to by the adjective, cognate to -th.
- hoog → hoogte
- ruim → ruimte
- breed → breedte
- lang → lengte
- gewoon → gewoonte
- appended to the stem of a verb, yields a feminine noun which refers to the object of such a verb.
- behoeven → behoefte
- beloven → belofte
Derived terms
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- kilte
- laagte
- steilte
Suffix
-te
- a suffix that forms the singular of the past tense of weak verbs, the root of which ends in a voiceless consonant
- maken → maakte
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German -te, -ete, from a merger of several Old High German conjugations.
Alternative forms
- -ete (used with most stems in -d, -t, and consonant + -n, -m)
Suffix
-te
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German and Middle Dutch -te, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, whence also inherited but equally rare German -de.
Suffix
-te f (plural -ten)
- (rare, not productive, only as synchronic surface analysis) forms nouns from adjectives
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛ]
Suffix
-te
Usage notes
- (past tense suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front vowel verbs
- -tta is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -tte is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)
- -otta is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
- -ette is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -ötte is added to rounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Latin
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian -te, -ithe, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō. More at -th.
Derived terms
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Scottish Gaelic
Suffix
-te
- Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
- 'S crìochnaichte an sgeul. ― The story is finished.
Derived terms
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Suffix
-te
- Variant of -de; suffix to create preterite tense of verbs if the stem ends in a unvoiced consonant (this form of the suffix is only applicable to verbs which ends in -er in present tense)
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