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-sel

-sel

See also: sel, Sel, sèl, sêl, šel, and sel-

Afrikaans

Suffix

-sel

  1. -age, -ion; Creates nouns from verbs indicating something which performs or has undergone an action or is the result of the action.

Derived terms

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse -sl, -sla, Old English -ls, -els. Related to -else. See -sel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Suffix

-sel

  1. Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act of verbing", or a sense otherwise related to the act of verbing.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Danish_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>Danish words suffixed with -sel</a>

Usage notes

Nouns formed with -sel can be of either gender. In declensions, -e- is lost by most speakers. Dansk Sprognævn proscribes retention.[1]

References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhBX0CqD6ds

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -sel, from Old Dutch -isli, from Proto-Germanic *-isliją. Cognate with Old English -else, Swedish -else.

Suffix

-sel n

  1. -age, -ion; Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action.
    Examples:
    • toevoegen (to add) + -seltoevoegsel (addition, appendix)
    • bakken (to bake) + -selbaksel (bake-age, something that has been baked)
    • verschijnen (to appear) + -selverschijnsel (appearance, something that appears)

Derived terms

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German

Etymology

Cognate with Old English -else, Swedish -else (which itself derives from Old Saxon), Dutch -sel.

Suffix

-sel n

  1. Creates nouns from verbs.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>German words suffixed with -sel</a>

Low German

Suffix

-sel

  1. Alternative form of -else

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səl/
  • IPA(key): /zəl/ (post-vocally)

Suffix

-sel

  1. Alternative form of -else

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -sl, -sla

Suffix

-sel

  1. used to form nouns from verbs.

References

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -sel</a>

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse -sl, -sla

Suffix

-sel

  1. used to form nouns from verbs.

References

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Nynorsk_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>Norwegian Nynorsk words suffixed with -sel</a>

Swedish

Suffix

-sel

  1. making a noun from a verb

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>Swedish words suffixed with -sel</a>

Turkish

Alternative forms

Suffix

-sel

  1. Suffix turning a word into an adjective.
    gök (sky) + -selgöksel (celestial)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Turkish_words_suffixed_with_-sel'>Turkish words suffixed with -sel</a>

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