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Past participles
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Past participles ending in -en display variable agreement when used attributively.

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Many past participles of strong verbs end in -en. These also exhibit variable agreement, though it is more often absent than present:

1
a. Beklonken-e wangen
fallen.in.PL cheeks
Hollow cheeks
a.' Beklonken wangen
fallen.in cheeks
Hollow cheeks
2
a. Har eigen djipsonken-e ferdoarnens
her own deeply.sunk.CG moral.rot
Her own deeply sunken deprivation
a.' Har eigen djipsonken fordoarnens
her own deeply.sunk moral.rot
Her own deeply sunken deprivation

The -en suffix is apparently able to prevent the schwa-addition schema for attributive agreement from applying.

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