-ing

Significat (English)

1. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
2. Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
3. Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

Synonyms

-ly

when

-ed

-ful

-ment

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪŋ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: -ing

Inherited from anglès antic: -ing

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: -enge

Cognate with frisó occidental: -ing

Cognate with neerlandès: -ing

Cognate with baix alemany: -ing

Cognate with alemany: -ung

Cognate with danès: -ing

Cognate with suec: -ing

Cognate with islandès: -ing

Inherited from anglès antic: -ende

Cognate with frisó occidental: -end

Cognate with neerlandès: -end

Cognate with alemany: -end

Cognate with suec: -and

Cognate with islandès: -andi

Cognate with gòtic: -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃

Cognate with llatí: -ans

Cognate with grec antic: -ων

Cognate with sànscrit: -अन्त्

Cognate with nòrdic antic: -ingr

In summary

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Inherited from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, -ung (“-ing”, suffix forming nouns from verbs), from Proto-West Germanic *-ingu, *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enge (“-ing”), West Frisian -ing (“-ing”), Dutch -ing (“-ing”), Low German -ing, -ink (“-ing”), German -ung (“-ing”), Danish -ing (“-ing”), Swedish -ing (“-ing”), Icelandic -ing (“-ing”).