different between ending vs unending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Etymology 1

From Middle English endyng, endinge, endunge, from Old English endung, ?eendung (“ending”), equivalent to end +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).

Noun

ending (plural endings)

1. A termination or conclusion.
2. The last part of something.
3. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

Synonyms

• (termination or conclusion): conclusion, end, termination
• (last part of something): end, finale
• (grammar): termination, suffix

Derived terms

• bad ending
• good ending

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andij?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andij?n? (“to end”), equivalent to end +? -ing.

Verb

ending

1. present participle of end

Anagrams

• Ningde, ginned

Icelandic

Etymology

From enda (“to end”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nti?k/

Noun

ending f (genitive singular endingar, nominative plural endingar)

1. end, ending
2. durability
3. (grammar) ending, suffix

Declension

Middle English

Noun

ending

1. Alternative form of endyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f or m (definite singular endinga or endingen, indefinite plural endinger, definite plural endingene)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

Synonyms

• endelse

References

• “ending” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ende +? -ing

Noun

ending f (definite singular endinga, indefinite plural endingar, definite plural endingane)

1. (grammar) ending (last part of a word)

References

• “ending” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

un- +? ending

Adjective

unending (not comparable)

1. Not ending; having no end; eternal.

Synonyms

• (having no end): termless; see also Thesaurus:endless

Related terms

• end
• ending
• unendingly
• unendingness

Translations

References

• unending in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.