Ende

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"

English

Proper noun

Ende

  1. A language spoken in Indonesia.

See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ende terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ende, from Old High German enti, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛndə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə
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Noun

Ende n (mixed, genitive Endes, plural Enden, diminutive Endchen n)

  1. end, finish
    Antonym: Anfang
  2. conclusion
    • 1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter […] ‎, volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, page 1180:
      Zunächst wollte er ruhig und ungestört aufstehen, sich anziehen und vor allem frühstücken, und dann erst das Weitere überlegen, denn, das merkte er wohl, im Bett würde er mit dem Nachdenken zu keinem vernünftigen Ende kommen.
      To begin with, he wanted to get up calmly and undisturbed, get dressed and, above all, have breakfast, and only then think about everything else, because, as he realized very well, in bed he would not come to a sensible conclusion with the thinking.

Declension
Declension of Ende [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ende die Enden
genitive eines des Endes der Enden
dative einem dem Ende den Enden
accusative ein das Ende die Enden

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Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Ende

  1. plural of Ent
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