-ieren

See also: Ieren

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German -ieren, extracted by rebracketing of verbs borrowed from (Old) French, such as parlieren (Old French parlier + -en), or Italian, such as spazieren (Italian spaziare + -en).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːrən/, [iːʁən], [iːrən], [iː.ɐn], [iɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Suffix

-ieren

  1. Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found mainly as a rendering of French, Italian, and Latin suffixes like -ire and -iare in borrowings, but it is also sometimes applied with a factitive meaning to German stems.
    Möbel (“furniture”) + ‎-ieren → ‎möblieren (“to furnish”)
    Zentrum (“centre”) + ‎-ieren → ‎zentrieren (“to centre”)
    halb (“half”) + ‎-ieren → ‎halbieren (“to halve”)
    Buchstabe (“letter”) + ‎-ieren → ‎buchstabieren (“to spell”)

Derived terms

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Descendants

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old French -ier.

Suffix

-ieren

  1. used in verbs, indicating the action of doing something related to the first part of the word
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