däin
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn. Cognate with German dein, archaic English thine, West Frisian dyn, Icelandic þinn.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
däin m or n (feminine deng, plural deng)
- your (singular)
- Däin Auto ass méi séier wéi mäin.
- Your car is faster than mine.
Usage notes edit
- As per the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than ⟨d⟩, ⟨h⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨z⟩.
See also edit
Luxembourgish possessive pronouns
nominative / accusative | dative | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
1st person singular | mäin | meng | mäin | meng | mengem | menger | mengem | mengen |
2nd person singular (informal) | däin | deng | däin | deng | dengem | denger | dengem | dengen |
2nd person singular (formal) | Ären | Är | Äert | Är | Ärem | Ärer | Ärem | Ären |
3rd person singular (m/n) | säin | seng | säin | seng | sengem | senger | sengem | sengen |
3rd person singular (f) | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |
1st person plural | eisen | eis | eist | eis | eisem | eiser | eisem | eisen |
2nd person plural | ären | är | äert | är | ärem | ärer | ärem | ären |
3rd person plural | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Cognates include German getan and Dutch gedaan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
däin (inflected däine)
- past participle of dwo; done
Adjective edit
däin (masculine däinen, feminine, plural or definite däine)