Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈneː.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch nēgen, from Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, reflecting earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Numeral edit

Dutch numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: negen
    Ordinal: negende

negen (invariable)

  1. nine

Noun edit

negen c (plural negens, diminutive negentje n)

  1. A nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine
    Die negens lijken wel achten
    Those nines look like eights
  2. A nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine
    Een negen volstaat om deze robber te winnen
    A nine suffices to win this hand
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: nege
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: negn
  • Jersey Dutch: nêxe
  • Negerhollands: negen, neegen, negon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: negen
  • Aukan: neigin
  • Sranan Tongo: neigi

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

negen

  1. inflection of negenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

negen

  1. inflection of nijgen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Dutch Low Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun. Cognate to German deneun, English nine.

Numeral edit

negen

  1. nine (9)

German Low German edit

German Low German cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : negen
    Ordinal : negent

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun. Cognate to German deneun, English nine.

Numeral edit

negen

  1. nine (9)

Coordinate terms edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, reflecting earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

nēgen

  1. nine

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Zealandic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch nēgen.

Numeral edit

negen

  1. nine