English

Suffix

-lings

1. (now Britain dialectal) Forming adverbs, generally of condition or situation.

Derived terms

• Category:English words suffixed with -lings

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

The suffix is a combination of the suffix -ling and the adverb-forming -s.

Suffix

-lings

1. Describes a manner in which an action proceeds as defined by root to which it is added, both as adverb and as adjective.

   Hij dook zijdelings weg. — He ducked away sideways.

Derived terms

• blindelings
• kruiselings
• rakelings
• ruggelings
• schrijlings
• zijdelings

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -lingen, from Old High German lingūn. The modern form with -s is of Central and Low German origin; compare Middle Low German -linges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋs/

Suffix

-lings

1. (rare, not productive) Forms adverbs that describe the manner of an action, particularly a movement.

   bäuchlings — “on one’s belly”

   blindlings — “blindly, hastily, pell-mell”

   rittlings — “astride, sitting on something like on a mount”

   rücklings — “one one’s back”

Usage notes

• The suffix was common and productive into early modern German. Most adverbs with it, apart from the four named above, are now archaic.

Derived terms

• ärschlings, finsterlings, frühlings, häuptlings, jählings, knielings, meuchlings, reitlings, schrittlings, seitlings, vorlings