Bein
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bein n (strong, genitive Beines or Beins, plural Beine, diminutive Beinchen n)
Usage notes edit
- In a narrower sense, German Bein excludes the feet, but for the most part it includes them. It can even refer to the feet specifically in some regions where a clothed but barefoot person might hear Du hast ja nichts an den Beinen! (literally “You have nothing on your legs!”) Compare also the phrase wieder auf den Beinen, where English says “back on one’s feet”.
- The sense of bone is widely obsolete in standard usage, apart from technical usage ("aus Bein geschnitzt"), some common phrases, such as "durch Mark und Bein", and various compounds, such as Schlüsselbein, Elfenbein, Steißbein.
Declension edit
Declension of Bein [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
(leg):
- auf den Beinen
- auf die Beine stellen
- auf einem Bein kann man nicht stehen
- Beine bis zum Boden
- Bankbein
- Hinterbein
- Holzbein
- Hosenbein
- Stuhlbein
- Tischbein
- Vorderbein
(bone):
- Beinhaus n
- Brustbein
- Dickbein
- durch Mark and Bein
- Elfenbein n
- Gebein n
- Nasenbein n
- Scheitelbein
- Schienbein
- Schläfenbein
- Schlüsselbein n
- Stein and Bein schwören
- Steißbein n
- Wadenbein
Further reading edit
- “Bein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bein” in Duden online
- “Bein” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Bein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Bein” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) Been
Etymology edit
See Been.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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Bein ? (plural Beiner)
- (in some dialects) leg
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