Adjectives with ‘en’ suffix

This category is a list of English adjectives that are formed by adding an -en suffix (or similar) to a noun.

This should not be used simply as a spelling grouping. The category is specifically concerned with the relationship between a noun and its adjective.

Specific criteria for inclusion

Words should only be included when :

• the stem word is a noun
• the adjective is formed by extending the noun
• the suffix is -n, -en, or -ern
• the adjective is not exclusively a past participle

Examples of words that are not to be included:

• eaten – past participle of “eat”
• children – a noun, not an adjective

But the following words are correctly (if contestably) included:

• the west – western
• a drunk – drunken
• some brass – brazen

A few examples are:

I saw a man drunken on the street.