-chen

(Inglés)

nowadays the most common suffix to create a diminutive form

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/çən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle High German: -echen

Herdado de Old High German: *-ihīn

Relativo a neerlandés: -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.

Sinónimos

-lein

-erl

-ling

-i

Traducións

-ita

-ito

-ette

-inha

-tje

-ling

-je

-ino

-etta

-etto

-ina

-inho

-ine

-et

-pje