־ען
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See also: ען
Yiddish[edit]
Suffix[edit]
־ען • (-en)
- Alternative form of ־ן (-n)
Usage notes[edit]
- This form is used in Standard Yiddish when the suffix follows an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel. In Daytshmerish orthography, it is used instead of ־ן in all cases.
- In some cases, it is used to differentiate what would otherwise be homophones, for example בעקען (beken), a Slavic borrowing, and בעקן (bekn), an inherited Germanic term.