-ing

//ɪŋ//

Synonyms for "-ing" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Suffix(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Suffix(1 words)

Related words (2)

Suffix(2 words)

Related word relations

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2 relation types

Translations

144 translations across 42 languages.

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Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • di suffix (to form present participles)

Catalan

3 entries
  • ant suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ent suffix (to form gerunds)
  • int suffix (to form gerunds)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • suffix (to form present participles)
  • 緊 /紧 suffix (to form present participles)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 正在 suffix (to form present participles)
  • suffix (to form present participles)
  • suffix (to form present participles)

Danish

3 entries
  • ende suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)

Dutch

4 entries
  • end suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)
  • systeem suffix (materials, systems of objects)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ado suffix (to form gerunds)
  • anta suffix (to form present participles)

Estonian

1 entries
  • v suffix (to form present participles)

Faroese

4 entries
  • andi suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)
  • ing suffix (materials, systems of objects)

Finnish

4 entries
  • minen suffix (to form gerunds)
  • nti suffix (to form gerunds)
  • va suffix (to form present participles)
  • suffix (to form present participles)

French

4 entries
  • age suffix (to form gerunds)
  • age suffix (act of doing something)
  • ant suffix (to form present participles)
  • ment suffix (act of doing something)

Galician

4 entries
  • ando suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ando suffix (to form present participles)
  • endo suffix (to form gerunds)
  • endo suffix (to form present participles)

German

2 entries
  • end suffix (to form present participles)
  • ung suffix (act of doing something)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ó suffix (to form present participles)
  • ő suffix (to form present participles)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • andi suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)

Ido

1 entries
  • anta suffix (to form present participles)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • ante suffix (to form present participles)
  • ar suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ente suffix (to form present participles)
  • er suffix (to form gerunds)

Italian

4 entries
  • aggio suffix (act of doing something)
  • ando suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ante suffix (to form present participles)
  • endo suffix (to form gerunds)

Japanese

3 entries
  • こと suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ている suffix (to form present participles)
  • suffix (to form gerunds)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ការ suffix (to form gerunds)
  • កំពុង suffix (to form present participles)

Latin

1 entries
  • ens suffix (to form present participles)

Low German

4 entries
  • d suffix (act of doing something)
  • en suffix (act of doing something)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)
  • inge suffix (act of doing something)

Malay

2 entries
  • an suffix (materials, systems of objects)
  • peng--an suffix (to form gerunds)

Middle Low German

2 entries
  • inge suffix (act of doing something)
  • t suffix (act of doing something)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • anno suffix (to form present participles)
  • enno suffix (to form present participles)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • bar suffix (to form present participles)
  • ende suffix (to form present participles)
  • er suffix (to form present participles)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • ende suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)

Nǀuu

1 entries
  • ki suffix (to form gerunds)

Old Norse

3 entries
  • ing suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)
  • ing suffix (materials, systems of objects)

Persian

1 entries
  • ـش suffix (to form gerunds)

Polish

4 entries
  • anie suffix (to form gerunds)
  • cie suffix (to form gerunds)
  • cie suffix (act of doing something)
  • nie suffix (act of doing something)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ando suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ando suffix (to form present participles)
  • endo suffix (to form gerunds)
  • endo suffix (to form present participles)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ind suffix (to form gerunds)
  • re suffix (act of doing something)
  • ând suffix (to form gerunds)

Russian

4 entries
  • а́ние suffix (act of doing something)
  • ащий suffix (to form present participles)
  • ающий suffix (to form present participles)
  • е́ние suffix (act of doing something)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ando suffix (to form gerunds)
  • ando suffix (to form present participles)
  • iendo suffix (to form gerunds)
  • iendo suffix (to form present participles)

Swedish

3 entries
  • ande suffix (to form present participles)
  • ende suffix (to form present participles)
  • ing suffix (act of doing something)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அல் suffix (to form gerunds)

Thai

3 entries
  • การ suffix (to form gerunds)
  • กำลัง suffix (to form present participles)
  • ความ suffix (to form gerunds)

Turkish

4 entries
  • an suffix (to form present participles)
  • en suffix (to form present participles)
  • iyor suffix (to form present participles)
  • makta suffix (to form gerunds)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ־ונג suffix (act of doing something)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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My hearing is not good.

Source: wiktionary

I have had several meetings with him.

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Smoking marijuana cigarettes daily is bad for your health.

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She has a habit of sleeping late.

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Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.