Wiktionary

nen

See also: -nen, n'en, 'nen, nên, nèn, nền, nến, and nën

EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

nen

  1. (Tyneside) none

AnagramsEdit

AbinomnEdit

NounEdit

nen

  1. elder brother

AinuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ne (“interrogatory root”) +‎ n (“person”). See nep, nekon.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

nen (Kana spelling ネン)

  1. (interrogative) who

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

Ainu interrogative pronouns
Personal Qualitative Quantitative Temporal Spacial
what? who? which? what kind of? how? how many? when? where?
hemanta, nep hunna, nen inan mak, makanak, nekon henpak henpara hunak

CatalanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *ninnus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)

  1. boy, male child
    Synonym: nano

Further readingEdit

CornishEdit

NounEdit

nen

  1. ceiling

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

ArticleEdit

nen

  1. (Brabant) Alternative form of ne
    nen boom
    a tree

Usage notesEdit

See usage notes at ne.

GermanEdit

ArticleEdit

nen

  1. Nonstandard form of 'n.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ねん

LadinEdit

PronounEdit

nen

  1. some

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

nen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nèn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Low GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

nên

  1. no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
    • ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
      Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
      You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nōn (“not”), with the -n surviving intervocalically.

AdverbEdit

nen

  1. (before vowels) Alternative form of ne (“not”)
    • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland‎[1], lines 7–9:
      Li reis Marsilie la tient, ki Deu nen aimet; / Mahumet sert e Apollin recleimet: / Nes poet guarder que mals ne l'i ateignet.
      The king Marsile rules it [Zaragoza], [he] who doesn't love God; he worships Mohammed and prays to Apollin: he cannot escape from the evil that approaches him.

Usage notesEdit

Mainly used to metric reasons in poems, to gain a syllable.

Old FrisianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Blend of ne (“not”) +‎ ēn (“one”). Akin to Old English nān.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈneːn/, [ˈnɛːn]

DeterminerEdit

nēn

  1. no, not one

PronounEdit

nēn

  1. none, no-one, nobody

DescendantsEdit

  • Saterland Frisian: neen, naan
  • West Frisian: neen

ReferencesEdit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nec.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

nen

  1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)

ConjunctionEdit

nen

  1. nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)

DescendantsEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English name.

NounEdit

nen

  1. name

Derived termsEdit

VolapükEdit

PrepositionEdit

nen

  1. without

WelshEdit

NounEdit

nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)

  1. heaven

SynonymsEdit

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