-lingen
German, suffix[ˈlɪŋən]
-lingen is spelled L-I-N-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -lingen is a German suffix meaning “dative plural of -ling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -lingen mean in English?
suffix
- 1
dative plural of -ling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vorwärtskommen, vorwärtsgehen, glücken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -lingen
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -lingen?
- [ˈlɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -lingen in German?
-lingen appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).