-ler

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ler"

German

Etymology

From rebracketing of stems ending in -l and the suffix -er, in words like Sattler, Ziegler, and in derivations from diminutive verbs in -eln.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ler m (strong, genitive -lers, plural -ler)

Used to create nouns linking a person (or thing) to some group, activity, object; similar to -er, but usually attached to nouns, not verbs.

Usage notes

When used to create nouns referring to people, it often has a dismissive or mildly derogatory tone. Hausbesetzler (“one who takes over a building, squatter”) for example indicates that the speaker disdains the squatter or does not consider the cause serious, while Hausbesetzer is a neutral descriptor.

Declension

Declension of *-ler* [masculine, strong]
	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	-ler	die	-ler
genitive	eines	des	-lers	der	-ler
dative	einem	dem	-ler	den	-lern
accusative	einen	den	-ler	die	-ler

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ler

Computerwissenschaftler

Geisteswissenschaftler

Kulturwissenschaftler

Schmetterlingsblütler

Schmetterlingskundler

Sprachwissenschaftler

Versicherungsrechtler

References

Bastian Sick (2005), “Von Protestlern, Widerständlern und Abweichlern”, in Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, volume 1, page 160

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-lir/, [-lɜʁ]

Suffix

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-ler (n-v^?, truncative^?)

provides with
aki (“currency, price”) -> akilerpaa (“pays”)

ateq (“name”) -> atserpaa (“names, gives a name to”)

Usage notes

Sometimes fusioning. When used intransitively, may have a reflexive meaning.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -ler

killilerpaa

naalakkerpaa

nalunaaqutserpaa

Suffix

-ler (v-v^?, truncative^?)

has begun to [verb], is about to [verb], is in the process of [verb]ing

References

-ler in Katersat
Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 240. Atuagkat 2003.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Compare German -ler.

Suffix

-ler

Used to create nouns linking a person (or thing) to some group, activity, or object.

Derived terms

Luxembourgish terms suffixed with -ler

Sportler

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Turkic *-lär

Old Anatolian Turkish ـلر

Ottoman Turkish ـلر (-ler, -lar)

Turkish -ler

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلر, ultimately from Proto-Common Turkic *-ler, a plural suffix which is absent from Proto-Turkic. Found as Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar) (back variant) but not found in the sister Oghur branch (compare Chuvash -сем (-sem), Bulgar ـڛَم), where it descended from *sāyïn (“every”). The Chuvash plural suffix, however, lacks vowel harmony unlike other suffixes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leɾ/, (before vowels or at end of speech) [leɾ], (before consonants) [læɾ]

Suffix

preceding vowel
a / ı / o / u	e / i / ö / ü
-lar	-ler

-ler

Used to form plurals of nouns.
‎çiçek (“flower”) + ‎-ler → ‎çiçekler (“flowers”)

Bu ülkede daima Mustafa Kemaller olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa Kemal in this country.

Teyzemlere gideceğiz. ― We will go to my aunt's (home).

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

References

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

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Further reading

References

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Suffix

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Suffix

Derived terms