Icelandic

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Icelandic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: einn
    Ordinal: fyrsti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1.
    Multiplier: einfaldur

Etymology

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From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

  1. one

Declension

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Positive forms of einn (strong-only)
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative einn ein eitt
accusative einn eina
dative einum einni einu
genitive eins einnar eins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative einir einar ein
accusative eina
dative einum
genitive einna

Pronoun

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einn

  1. one
    Synonyms: einhver, maður

Adjective

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einn (comparative einni, no superlative)

  1. alone
    Synonyms: aleinn, einsamall
    • 1894, Sigfús B. Blöndal, “Skapbrigði (sex kvæði frá ýmsum tímum)”, in Sunnanfari; mánaðarblað með myndum, volume IV, number 3, page 20:
      Ég er einn, svo óttalega einn.
      I am alone, so terribly alone.

Declension

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  • Note the difference in declension between einn in the meaning "one", with accusative masculine singular einn, and "alone", with accusative masculine singular einan.
Positive forms of einn
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative einn ein eitt
accusative einan eina
dative einum einni einu
genitive eins einnar eins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative einir einar ein
accusative eina
dative einum
genitive einna
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative eini eina eina
acc/dat/gen eina einu
plural (all-case) einu
Comparative forms of einn
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) einni einni einna
plural (all-case) einni

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Old Norse numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: einn
    Ordinal: fyrstr
    Multiplier: einfaldr
    Distributive: einfaldliga
    Fractional: heill

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).

Numeral

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einn

  1. (cardinal number) one

Pronoun

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einn

  1. one
  2. (in the plural) some, a few

Adjective

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einn

  1. alone, single

Declension

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Strong declension of einn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative einn ein eitt
accusative einn eina eitt
dative einum einni einu
genitive eins einnar eins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative einir einar ein
accusative eina einar ein
dative einum einum einum
genitive einna einna einna
Weak declension of einn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative eini eina eina
accusative eina einu eina
dative eina einu eina
genitive eina einu eina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative einu einu einu
accusative einu einu einu
dative einum einum einum
genitive einu einu einu

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Dalecarlian: jenn
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Old Danish: en, æn
    • Danish: en
      • Norwegian Bokmål: en
    • Scanian: æn, én
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108; also available at the Internet Archive