-ens

Suffix

 * Schmitz → (die) Schmitzens (“the Schmitzes, “the Schmitz family”)
 * Pütz → (die) Pützens (“the Pützes, “the Pütz family”)
 * Pütz → (die) Pützens (“the Pützes, “the Pütz family”)

Suffix

 * Max → Maxens Vater (“Max’s father”)
 * Klaus → Klausens Mutter (“Klaus’s mother”)
 * Claudia → Claudiens Tochter (“Claudia’s daughter”)
 * Maria → Mariens Sohn (“Mary’s son”)
 * Claudia → Claudiens Tochter (“Claudia’s daughter”)
 * Maria → Mariens Sohn (“Mary’s son”)

Usage notes

 * In contemporary usage the genitive is usually left unchanged after sibilants, and indicated with an apostrophe in writing: Max’ Vater. Such unchanged genitives, in turn, are often avoided and paraphrased: der Vater von Max (colloquially: vom Max).
 * The genitive is formed with after -ia: Claudias, Marias. Only the form  remains current, but it is restricted to the Virgin Mary.

Suffix

 * der →
 * am →
 * am →
 * am →
 * am →

Usage notes

 * Adverbs in -ens often have an absolute superlative sense, meaning “at most, maximally” or “very much, exceedingly”. These forms are widely lexicalized, however. That is to say that they cannot be formed freely, except in poetic or humorous language.

Suffix

 * 1) A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns and adjectives. It is not an independent Hungarian suffix.

Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to back-vowel words
 *  is added to front-vowel words

Etymology
of forms such as (stem monē- + suffix ) or  (stem leg- + thematic vowel -e- + ).

Suffix

 * 1) ; see