een
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
een
- (archaic and Scotland, Northern England) plural of eye
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21:
- And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
References edit
- “een”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
From a contraction of even.
Adverb edit
een (not comparable)
Etymology 3 edit
From even (“evening”).
Noun edit
een (plural eens)
Synonyms edit
- eve, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
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Cardinal: een Ordinal: eerste Ordinal abbreviation: 1ste |
Etymology edit
From Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
een
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German een, from Old High German ein.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
een
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) one
- Loß mich der nur een Frooch stelle.
- Let me ask you just one question.
- Wanns de keene Steff häs, kann ich der eener jevve.
- If you don't have a pencil, I can give you one.
Declension edit
- Nominative/Accusative:
- Dative:
- Without determiner: eenem Mann, eener Frau, eenem Kend.
- With determiner: däm eene m/n, dä eene or dä eener f.
- Eastern Moselle Franconian distinguishes masculine nominative and accusative. Masculine ää, ääner are nominative, whereas masculine ääne is accusative.
- Westernmost Ripuarian has no dative forms. Moreover it uses the velarised stem eng- before vocalic endings and always in the feminine.
See also edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation 1 edit
Article edit
een (contracted form 'n)
- (indefinite article) Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.
Descendants edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [eːn]
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): [eɪ̯n]
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: een
- Rhymes: -eːn
Numeral edit
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een
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Berbice Creole Dutch: en
- Jersey Dutch: êne, ên
- Negerhollands: een, en
- Skepi Creole Dutch: en
- → Trió: ein_me
See also edit
Usage notes edit
When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number (pronounced /eːn/) or the indefinite article (pronounced /ən/), the former is written with acute accents: één (“one”). In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die unambiguously means “one of those”, so it is written without acute accents. However, een appel could mean both “one apple” and “an apple”, so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
When only the first letter of één is capitalised, the acute accent is usually dropped from the upper case E: Eén.
- Examples
- Een hoed: a hat; een oor; an ear.
- Eén voor allen, allen voor één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Anagrams edit
Dutch Low Saxon edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
een m (indefinite article)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
een
- (Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Twents, Veluws) one (1)
- Een hoed: a hat; een ore; an ear.
- Eén veur allen, allen veur één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Further reading edit
- 1 (getal) on the Dutch Low Saxon Wikipedia.Wikipedia nds-nl
Usage notes edit
- When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number or the indefinite article, the former is written with acute accents: één. In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die is 'one of those'. But een appel can mean both 'one apple' and 'an apple', so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
Finnish edit
Noun edit
een
Anagrams edit
German Low German edit
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerst | ||
Alternative forms edit
- (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) en
- (in some dialects) ein
- (East Pomeranian) ain
- (for others, see en)
Article edit
een m or n
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative spelling of en : a, an
Numeral edit
een
Coordinate terms edit
Hunsrik edit
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Cardinal: een, enns Ordinal: eerst Adverbial: eenmol Fractional: ganz |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.[1]
Cognate with German ein and Luxembourgish een.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
een
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “een”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 40
Luxembourgish edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
een
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
êen
Inflection edit
This article needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Numeral edit
êen
Inflection edit
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Pronoun edit
êen
Inflection edit
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “een (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
North Frisian edit
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Cardinal: een, ian Ordinal: iarst |
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian ēn.
Numeral edit
een (m.) (f. or n. ian)
Coordinate terms edit
Old Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
een
- Late Old Frisian spelling of ēn
Article edit
een
- Late Old Frisian spelling of ēn
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
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een
Article edit
een
References edit
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
een
Etymology 2 edit
Numeral edit
een
Yola edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English eend, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
een
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
een
- Alternative form of ieen (“eyes”)
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37 & 38