ending

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛndɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

  1. A termination or conclusion.
  2. The last part of something.
  3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
Synonyms
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Translations
grammar: last morpheme of a word — see termination
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Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end +‎ -ing.

Verb

ending

  1. present participle of end

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛntiŋk/

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

  1. end, ending
  2. durability
  3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension
declension of ending
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ending endingin endingar endingarnar
accusative endingu endinguna endingar endingarnar
dative endingu endingunni endingum endingunum
genitive endingar endingarinnar endinga endinganna

Middle English

Noun

ending

  1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ende +‎ -ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

  1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +‎ -ing

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

  1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References
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