een
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editeen
- (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
editFrom a contraction of even.
Adverb
editeen (not comparable)
Etymology 3
editFrom even (“evening”).
Noun
editeen (plural eens)
Synonyms
edit- eve, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
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Cardinal: een Ordinal: eerste Ordinal abbreviation: 1ste |
Etymology
editFrom Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editeen
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editCentral Franconian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German een, from Old High German ein.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editeen
- (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
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.
Pronunciation 1
editArticle
editeen (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
editPronunciation 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< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerst | ||
een
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Berbice Creole Dutch: en
- Jersey Dutch: êne, ên
- Negerhollands: een, en
- Skepi Creole Dutch: en
- → Trió: ein_me
See also
editUsage notes
editWhen 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
editDutch Low Saxon
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editArticle
editeen m (indefinite article)
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNumeral
editeen
- (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
editNoun
editeen
Anagrams
editGerman Low German
edit< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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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
editeen m or n
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative spelling of en : a, an
Numeral
editeen
Coordinate terms
editHunsrik
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Cardinal: een, enns Ordinal: eerst Adverbial: eenmol Fractional: ganz |
Etymology
editInherited 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
editNumeral
editeen
Declension
editReferences
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
edit1 | 2 > | |
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Cardinal : een | ||
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editeen
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
editArticle
editêen
Inflection
editThis article needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editNumeral
editêen
Inflection
editThis numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editPronoun
editêen
Inflection
editThis 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
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Cardinal: een, ian Ordinal: iarst |
Etymology
editFrom Old Frisian ēn.
Numeral
editeen (m.) (f. or n. ian)
Coordinate terms
editOld Frisian
editPronunciation
editNumeral
editeen
- Late Old Frisian spelling of ēn
Article
editeen
- 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
editEtymology
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editeen
Article
editeen
References
editScots
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editeen
Etymology 2
editNumeral
editeen
- Doric Scots, South Northern Scots, and Shetland form of ane (“one”)
Yola
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English eend, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editeen
Etymology 2
editNoun
editeen
- 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
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