־ען

Usage notes

 * This form is used in Standard Yiddish when the suffix follows an unstressed ־ר (-r), ־ם (-m), ־ן (-n), or a vowel. In Daytshmerish orthography, it is used instead of ־ן in all cases.
 * In some cases, it is used to differentiate what would otherwise be homophones, for example, a Slavic borrowing, and , an inherited Germanic term. It is especially common to replace the Slavic verb suffixes , , , or with this ending for verbs borrowed from Slavic.