idee

See also: Idee, idée, and ideé

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Middle French idee, from Old French idee, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”), related to French idée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdeː/, [iˈdeː]

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• Hyphenation: idee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

idee n (plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

1. idea

Noun

idee n or f (plural ideeën)

1. (philosophy) idea, notion

Usage notes

This word is normally considered to be a neuter noun (het idee), but it can be considered feminine (de idee) for a philosophical or abstract idea.

Synonyms

• begrip

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: idhé
• → Indonesian: ide

References

• (Dutch) Taaladvies
• (Dutch) OnzeTaal

Estonian

Etymology

German Idee.

Noun

idee (genitive idee, partitive ideed)

1. idea
2. concept

Inflection

Declension of idee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		idee	ideed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	idee
genitive			ideede
partitive		ideed	ideid ideesid
illative		ideesse	ideedesse ideisse
inessive		idees	ideedes ideis
elative		ideest	ideedest ideist
allative		ideele	ideedele ideile
adessive		ideel	ideedel ideil
ablative		ideelt	ideedelt ideilt
translative		ideeks	ideedeks ideiks
terminative		ideeni	ideedeni
essive		ideena	ideedena
abessive		ideeta	ideedeta
comitative		ideega	ideedega

Further reading

• idee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Friulian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f

1. idea

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdɛ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɛe
• Hyphenation: i‧dè‧e

Noun

idee f

1. plural of idea

Anagrams

• -eide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée, German Idee, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

idee f (plural idei)

1. idea

Declension

Declension of idee

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) idee	ideea	(niște) idei	ideile
genitive/dative	(unei) idei	ideii	(unor) idei	ideilor
vocative	idee, ideeo		ideilor

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Spanish

Verb

idee

1. inflection of idear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative