Chuukese

Suffix

-te

1. (auxiliary) Used to express negative tense in the determinate; never

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch -ede, from Old Dutch -itha, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō. More at -th.

Middle Dutch -ede was shortened to -de in late Middle Dutch, and the suffix was devoiced to -te according to the 't kofschip rule. This voiceless variety was then taken to be the suffix proper and the voiced variety gradually fell out of use.

Suffix

-te f ‎(plural -ten or -tes)

1. appended to an adjective, making a feminine noun which refers to the size or quality referred to by the adjective, cognate to -th.

   hoog → hoogte

   ruim → ruimte

   breed → breedte

   lang → lengte

   gewoon → gewoonte

2. appended to the stem of a verb, yields a feminine noun which refers to the object of such a verb.

   behoeven → behoefte

   beloven → belofte

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Suffix

-te

1. See ge- -te.

Etymology 3

Cognate with English -ed; derives from a Germanic verb form of to to do.

Suffix

-te

1. a suffix that forms the singular of the past tense of weak verbs, the root of which ends in a voiceless consonant

   maken → maakte

Synonyms

• -de

Latin

Suffix

-te

1. masculine vocative singular of -tus

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian -te, -ithe, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō. More at -th.

Suffix

-te f

1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives, or other nouns; -th

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• -da
• -de
• -ta

Etymology

From Old Irish -de.

Suffix

-te

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.

   'S crìochnaichte an sgeul.‎ ― The story is finished.

Derived terms

Swedish

Alternative forms

• -de

Suffix

-te

1. Variant of -de; suffix to create preterite tense of verbs if the stem ends in a unvoiced consonant (this form of the suffix is only applicable to verbs which ends in -er in present tense)