-sen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

Danish

Etymology

From søn (“son”); the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

-sen

  1. (not productive) -son; Forms patronymic surnames.

Derived terms
Danish terms suffixed with -sen

References
  • Norwegian-American Surnames (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 1

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sən/

Suffix

-sen

  1. -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German -zen, -sen, from Old High German -azzen, -ezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sən], [zən] depending on the preceding voicedness, or sometimes varying in the same word, e.g. bumsen

Suffix

-sen

  1. Inseparable verbal suffix that signifies an action being intensified or stretched by iteration

Derived terms
German terms suffixed with -sen

Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-sen]

Suffix

-sen

  1. -tion

Middle Low German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-sən/

Suffix

-sen

  1. -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames

Norwegian

Etymology

From sønn; the spelling change ø to e is likely a vowel reduction for ease of pronunciation. See Scandinavian family name etymology.

Suffix

-sen

  1. -son

Derived terms
Norwegian terms suffixed with -sen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛn/

Suffix

-sen

  1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural conditional
  2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural conditional

Derived terms
Category Welsh terms suffixed with -sen not found
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