-ere

From Dutch -eren. Compare also the more native Afrikaans -ers.

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-ere

1. forms the plurals of six nouns

   ‎been (“leg; bone”) + ‎-ere → ‎beendere (“bones”)

   ‎gelid (“rank”) + ‎-ere → ‎geledere (“ranks”)

   ‎gemoed (“mind”) + ‎-ere → ‎gemoedere (“minds”)

   ‎goed (“good”) + ‎-ere → ‎goedere (“goods”)

   ‎lied (“song; hymn”) + ‎-ere → ‎liedere (“hymns”)

   ‎volk (“people”) + ‎-ere → ‎volkere (“peoples”)

• In most of the above cases, either the word as such or the plural belongs to a more literary register.
• The noun blaar (“leaf”) is a backformation from a plural originally using this suffix (from Dutch blad > bladeren > blaren).

Borrowed as part of Latin, French or German verbs. Cognate to French -er, German -ieren, Swedish -era.

-ere

1. Used in verbs derived from Latin, French or German, indicating the action of doing the first part of the word; such as revolutionere (“to revolutionise”), from revolution.

Inherited from Latin -ēre (second conjugation).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: -é‧re

-ére (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular past historic -étti or (traditional) -ètti, past participle -ùto, auxiliary avére or èssere)

1. stem, to form the infinitive of some Italian verbs

Inherited from Latin -ere (third conjugation).

• IPA^(key): /e.re/
• Hyphenation: -e‧re

-ere (verb-forming suffix)

1. stem, to form the infinitive of some Italian verbs

• See ricevere as an example of a regular -ere verb.
• There are two groups of irregular -ere verbs:
  • Those in the first group have multiple irregularities (sometimes even in the infinitive), but several related verbs are conjugated in the same way.
  • Those in the second group have irregular past participles and/or, in the past historic have an irregular stem in the first- and third-person singular and the third-person plural.

• Identical to above except for the root stress in the infinitive.

• trarre and derivatives
• porre and derivatives
• Derivatives of -durre

• -are
• -ire

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: -è‧re

-ere m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eri)

1. Alternative form of -iere

• Used in particular after stems ending in -gn-, e.g. ingegnere.

• ree

From Proto-Italic *-ezi, from Proto-Indo-European *-esi, locative case of action nouns, which end in *-os in the nominative. Similar to Ancient Greek -ειν (-ein) < *-ehen, which comes from an alternative locative case form, *-esen.

Note adverbial temere.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

-ere

1. present active infinitive of -ō (third conjugation)

• -āre
• -ēre
• -īre

From Proto-Italic *-ēzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with the short-vowel ending -ere for the Proto-Italic and Latin second conjugation (Etymology 1 above).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.re/, [ˈeːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

-ēre

1. present active infinitive of -eō (second conjugation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• -ēris

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.re/, [ˈeːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

-ēre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation)
2. second-person singular present passive indicative of -eō (second conjugation)

From Proto-Italic -ēri, third person plural perfect active ending.

-ere

1. Used for the third person present perfect plural form of any regular verb.

• This form is obsolete, having been superseded by -ērunt.

From Old Dutch *-āri, -ere, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz (masc. agent suffix).

-ere m

1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

• Dutch: -er, -aar
  • Afrikaans: -er
• Limburgish: -er

From Old Norse -era, through Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -āre.

Cognate to French -er, German -ieren and Swedish -era.

-ere

1. Used in verbs derived from Latin, French or German, indicating the action of doing the first part of the word; such as revolusjonere (“to revolutionise”), from revolusjon (“revolution”). Equivalent in meaning to English -ize.

• “-ere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• -era

From Old Norse -era, through Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -āre.

Cognate to French -er, German -ieren and Swedish -era.

-ere

1. Used in verbs derived from Latin, French or German, indicating the action of doing the first part of the word. Equivalent in meaning to English -ize.

• “-ere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• -re

From Proto-West Germanic *-ārī, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz.

Uncertain ultimate origin, usually held to be from Latin -ārius. Gąsiorowski instead suggests that *-ārijaz is a native formation; he derives it from earlier *-azrijaz, which he etymologises as a zero-grade form of *-sōr suffixed with *-ih₂, creating a suffix *-sr-ih₂ for forming feminine agent nouns, which were then masculinised by attaching *-ós. He also suggests a relation to Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā.

Cognate with Old Frisian -ere, Old Saxon -āri, Old High German -āri.

• IPA^(key): /e.re/

-ere

1. masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns

   Synonyms: -a, -end

   ‎dōm (“judgement”) + ‎-ere → ‎dōmere (“judge”)

   ‎fugol (“bird”) + ‎-ere → ‎fuglere (“fowler”)

• Middle English: -er, -are, -ere
  • English: -er
  • Scots: -ar

• -erre, -iere, -ierre

-ere

1. nominative singular of -or (agent noun suffix)

   Le chanteor → li chantere