English

Alternative forms

• -and

Suffix

-end

1. A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as addend, subtrahend, and dividend.

Synonyms

• (a patient): -and, -ee, -ed

Antonyms

• (a patient): -er, -or, -ing

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -end, from Old High German -endi, -enti, -anti ‎(present participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-andz ‎(present participle ending). Cognate with Old English -ende ‎(present participle ending). More at -and, -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənt/, IPA^(key): /ənd-/

Suffix

-end

1. A suffix forming the present participle of German verbs, analogous to English -ing.

   Weinend rief sie bei mir an.‎ ― Crying, she called out with me.

   Die tanzenden Mädchen sind hübsch.‎ ― The dancing girls are pretty.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛnd]

Suffix

-end

1. (personal suffix, archaic) Added to verbs to form the future tense.
2. (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.

   örvend ‎(“to rejoice at something”)

Usage notes

• (both senses) Harmonic variants:

  -and is added to back vowel verbs

  -end is added to front vowel verbs

Old English

Alternative forms

• -and, -nd

Suffix

-end

1. suffix donoting the agent of an action

   frēond "friend" (originally, "one who loves", "lover"); fēond ‎(“fiend, one who hates”)

   berend ‎(“bearer, carrier”)

   berēafigend ‎(“despoiler, robber”)

   costiġend ‎(“tempter”)

Declension