-chen

Signification (Anglais)

nowadays the most common suffix to create a diminutive form

Concepts

-ette

-ine

-et

et

-on

-in

Synonymes

-lein

-erl

-ling

-i

Traductions

-ita

-ito

-illa

-inho

-etto

-illo

-etta

-ina

-pje

-tje

-je

-inha

-ino

-ling

-ello

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/çən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: -echen

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: *-ihīn

Appartenant à néerlandais: -tje

In summary

From Middle High German -echen, -ichen, from Old High German *-ihīn, *-uhīn, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn.
Native to the Central German dialects, -chen has widely replaced the southern-based -lein in standard usage. Cognate with German Low German -ken, -ke as well as Dutch -tje and -ken. More at -kin.