-aan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aan"

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-aan

1. (organic chemistry) -ane
2. (demonyms) -an

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -aan

Afrikaan

Amerikaan

Amerikaans-Samoaan

arminiaan

Arubaan

Birmaan

Botswaan

Braziliaan

butaan

Cambodjaan

coccejaan

confucianisme

Corsicaan

Cruijffiaans

Cubaan

decaan

Ecuadoraan

ethaan

Europeaan

franciscaan

Gazaan

Haïtiaan

heptaan

hexaan

indiaan

Italiaan

Javaan

Kaapverdiaan

Koreaan

lutheraan

Marokkaan

methaan

Mexicaan

Midden-Afrikaan

Moffrikaan

nonaan

octaan

Oost-Afrikaan

Oostafrikaan

parochiaan

pentaan

propaan

Samoaan

Sri Lankaan

stilaan

Sub-Saharaan

Subsaharaan

Sumatraan

Texaan

Thebaan

Tongaan

Trojaan

Venetiaan

West-Afrikaan

Westafrikaan

Zambiaan

zwingliaan

Related terms

• alkaan
• -een
• -yn
• -yl

Ojibwe

Suffix

-aan

1. A suffix denoting the first-person singular conjunct of an animate intransitive verb (vai) with a nasal ending
2. A suffix denoting the first-person singular conjunct of a Type 2 animate intransitive verb (vai2)
3. A suffix denoting the first-, second- or third-person singular to inanimate singular independent form of a transitive inanimate verb (vti)
4. A suffix denoting the third-person singular to animate obviative form of a transitive animate verb (vta)

See also

• -amaan
• -n
• -oon
• -yaan

Somali

Etymology

Compare Rendille -an.

Suffix

-áan f

1. Creates feminine abstract nouns from adjectives

   ‎cad + ‎-aan → ‎caddaan

   ‎cas + ‎-aan → ‎casaan

References

Saeed, J. I. (1999). Somali. John Benjamins Publishing, page 151