-end
[-ənt]
The verdict
“-end” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement zur Bildung des Präsenspartizips, welches dazu verwendet wird, eine Handlung auszudrücken, die parallel zu einer anderen zur selben Zeit läuft
Corpus desk
Index DE-end · -end · German
-end · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -end |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [-ənt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-end“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-end is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [-ənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for -end in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is -end, spelled --E-N-D.
Definition
- 1nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement zur Bildung des Präsenspartizips, welches dazu verwendet wird, eine Handlung auszudrücken, die parallel zu einer anderen zur selben Zeit läuft
- 2nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement zur Ableitung eines Adjektivs von einem Verb
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -end appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An den Verbstamm zum Beispiel: „wein-“ wird „-end“ angehängt, in einer Reihe von Fällen fällt das „e“ weg.
Weinend rief sie bei mir an.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.