-chen

(Inglês)

nowadays the most common suffix to create a diminutive form

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/çən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de alto alemão médio: -echen

Herdado de alemão arcaico alto: *-ihīn

Cognato com holandês: -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.

Conceitos

-inho

-inha

Sinônimos

-lein

-erl

-ling

-i