-chen

(Engels)

nowadays the most common suffix to create a diminutive form

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/çən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits: -echen

Overgenomen van Oudhoogduits: *-ihīn

Verwant aan Nederlands: -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.

Concepten

-tje

-je

-pje

-etje

-ken

-kijn

-ie

-che

-ke

-ling

Synoniemen

-lein

-erl

-ling

-i

Vertalingen

-ita

-ito

-ette

-illo

-illa

-ling

-inho

-ino

-etta

-etto

-ina

-inha

-ine

-et

-in