-else

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From Old Danish -ilse , later -ælsæ , from Old Saxon -isli , -islo , from Proto-West Germanic *-islī . Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse .

• IPA ^(key): /-əlsə/, [-əlsə]

-else

1. Added to a verb to form a noun for an action or process.

   ‎afbryde ("interrupt") + ‎-else → ‎afbrydelse ("interruption")

2. The result of, or something related to, such an action or process

(common gender)

(neuter gender)

• -ing
• -sel
• -tion

• Norwegian Bokmål: -else
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: -else

• "-else" in Den Danske Ordbog

• -els
• -elsch
• -sel
• -el

From Middle Low German -else , from Old Saxon -isli , -islo ; from Proto-West Germanic *-islī .

• IPA ^(key): /əlsə/, [(ə)lzə]

-else n

1. Creating, from a verb, a noun which is created by the action of this verb (not necessarily one with which the verb is supposed to be done).

   Backelse ("pastry"): that which is baked (in a wider sense anything baked like bread and cakes) — from backen ("to bake")

   Radelse ("riddle"): that which is guessed — from raden ("to guess"); compare German Rätsel , Dutch raadsel , Old English rǣdelse

   Riemelse ("rhyme"): that which is rhymed — from riemen ("to rhyme")

• -sel

From Old Saxon -isli , from Proto-West Germanic *-islī .

• IPA ^(key): /əlzə/

-else n (usually)

1. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something on which the verb is performed.

   ‎backen ("to bake") + ‎-else → ‎backelse  n ("a baked good", literally "that which is created by baking")

2. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting an object which is used to perform the verb.

   ‎decken ("to cover") + ‎-else → ‎deckelse  n ("a cover, a roof, a wrapping", literally "that which is used to cover")

• Plautdietsch: -sel

Mostly from Danish -else , from Old Danish -ælsæ -ilse , with metathesis of -sl- to -ls- from Old Saxon -isli , -islo .

Also from West Germanic loanwords, partly with metathesis of suffixes -sel and -sle from Middle Low German -nisse , from Old Saxon -nissi , from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī (forms abstract nouns), from *-nass , from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz + *-ī , from Proto-Germanic *-į̄ , from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h2 , from *-h2 (creates collective nouns).

• IPA ^(key): /ˌɛlsə/, /ˌəlsə/
• Audio: (file)
• Rhymes: -ɛlsə, -əlsə
• Hyphenation: -el‧se
• Homophones: Else , -elset

-else m or n (definite singular neuter -elset , definite singular masculine -elsen , indefinite plural -elser , definite plural -elsene or -elsa )

1. Used to form verbal nouns denoting an action.

   avgjørelse, forståelse, anfektelse, bebudelse, oppstandelse ― decision, understanding, challenge, proclamation, resurrection

2. Used to form verbal nouns synonymous with the -ing ending.

   drøftelse, oversettelse, tilretteleggelse, utdannelse ― discussion, translation, facilitation, education

3. Used to form verbal nouns denoting a different meaning than the -ing ending.

   forbindelse, lignelse ― connection, parable

4. Used to form verbal nouns with a specific meaning, usually the result of an action

   skrivelse, spøkelse, stivelse ― writing, ghost, starch

• -ing , -ning ("forms nouns")

• "-else" in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• "-else" in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

• esel , esle , lees , lese , sele

• -elle

A metathetic form of Proto-West Germanic *-islī .

• IPA ^(key): /el.se/, [eɫ.ze]

-else f

1. (feminine suffix for inanimate objects) suffix creating nouns from verbs

   rǣdelse ― counsel, advice, riddle, enigma

   myrrelse, mierrelse ― an offense, scandal; stumblingblock

Weak n-stem:

• -els

• Old English terms suffixed with -else

  rædelse

• English: -le

From Old Swedish -ilse , compared to Old West Norse -elsi ; analog to -sla (verb suffix), agent suffix . Probably derived from Old Saxon -isli , -islo , from Proto-West Germanic *-islī . Also used to represent the Middle Low German suffix -nisse .

-else c

1. -ment, -tion, -ing suffix creating nouns from verbs

   ‎röra ("to move") + ‎-else → ‎rörelse ("movement")

   ‎hända ("to happen") + ‎-else → ‎händelse ("occurrence")

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