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-ken n (plural -kens)

1. Alternative form of -ke

From -ken, German Low German form of standard -chen, from Middle Low German -kin, from Old Saxon -kīn.

• IPA^(key): /kən/

-ken n (plural 1 -ken, plural 2 -kens, plural 3 -kes)

1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, Westphalia) used to make diminutives

   Haus → Häusken ― little house

   Dorf → Dörfken ― little village

   Pulle → Pülleken ― little bottle

• After stops, particularly after k, a linking -s- is often inserted: Pack → Päcksken (cp. Päckchen (“parcel”)).
• Sometimes an old linking -e- is also preserved: Mann → Männeken.

• Döneken
• Päcksken

• -ke (Low Prussian)
• -sken
• -schen

-ken n (plural -kens or -kes)

1. used to make diminutives

• Bömken
• Engelken
• Heken (“male (animal)”)
• Männken, Männeken
• Vägelken
• Seken (“female (animal)”)

• (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) -ing
• (East Frisian) -je, -tje, -ke

• IPA^(key): [kən]
• Hyphenation: kên

-ken or -kên

1. (dialect) alternative form of -kan (Java)

   memutuskan (standard) >> mêmutuskên (dialect)

   menyatakan (standard) >> mênyatakên (dialect)

   “Saya memutusken, ehem, untuk menyataken berhenti dari jabatan saya sebagai Presiden Republik Indonesia, terhitung sejak saya bacaken pernyataan ini pada hari ini, Kamis 21 Mei 1998.” ― I decided, um, to declare of resignation from my post as President of the Republic of Indonesia since I read this declaration on today, Thursday, 21 May 1998.

-ken

1. Rōmaji transcription of けん

• -kene, -kan, -kana (dialectal)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكن (-ken). Equivalent of iken (“while”).

• IPA^(key): /cæn/

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
postconsonantal	-ken	-ken
postvocalic	-yken	-yken

-ken

1. while, whilst, when, as

   Gençken daha hızlı koşardım.

   I used to run much faster when I was young.

   Hazır dışarı çıkmışken bir de kedi maması al.

   Since you're out already, buy us some cat food.

   Tam yemeğe başlayacakken kapı çaldı.

   Right when we were about to start the dinner, the door rang.

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-gan	-gen
assimilated	-kan	-ken

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.

• IPA^(key): /cen/

-ken

1. Assimilated form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.

   ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)

   ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)

   ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)