אָן

See also: אַן, אן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /ɔn/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /uːn/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /un/
• (Netherlandic):
  • IPA^(key): (Etymology 1) /oːn/
  • IPA^(key): (Etymology 2) /aːn/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German āne (“without”) (compare German ohne), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu (“without”) (compare Old Saxon āno, Old Frisian ōni, Old Norse án, ón).

Preposition

אָן • (on) (no contracted dem-form)

1. without

   וואָס קען וואַקסן, וואַקסן אָן רעגן?

   vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?

   What can grow, grow without rain?

Derived terms

• אָן דאַנק (on dank, “ungrateful”)
• אָן וועלכער (on velkher, “without which”)
• אָן אײַנזעעריש (on aynzeerish, “inconsiderate”)
• אָן צאָל (on tsol, “countless, innumerable”)
• אָן אָפּשטעל (on opshtel, “non-stop”)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ana, from Proto-West Germanic *an, *ana, from Proto-Germanic *an(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₂.

Adverb

אָן • (on)

1. on, onward

   פֿון איצט אָן ― fun itst on ― from now on

   פֿון הײַנט אָן ― fun haynt on ― starting today, from today on