Contionary:-ing

Brooding

Pronunciation

(Brooding) IPA: /ɪŋ/

Affix

-ing

-ish, -ing, relative of.

Usage Notes

-ing is a suffix that is used to convert a simple noun into another noun meaning of “something related to the noun”. (See Denominalization of Brooding Nouns for more information.)

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk -ing, -inge, from Old Skundavisk -ingō, -ungō, from Halmisk -ingō, -ungō, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪŋ/

Suffix

-ing f. (genitive -ing, plural -ing)

1. -ing (used to form nouns from verbs)

   grøten > grøting

   greet > greeting