nen
EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
nen
- (Tyneside) none
AnagramsEdit
AbinomnEdit
NounEdit
nen
AinuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ne (“interrogatory root”) + n (“person”). See nep, nekon.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nen (Kana spelling ネン)
- (interrogative) who
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Ainu interrogative pronouns
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- nin (Mallorca)
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *ninus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)
Further readingEdit
- “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nen” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CornishEdit
NounEdit
nen
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
ArticleEdit
nen
Usage notesEdit
See usage notes at ne.
GermanEdit
ArticleEdit
nen
- Nonstandard form of 'n.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
nen
LadinEdit
PronounEdit
nen
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
nen (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄣ)
- 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
- Stem vowel: ê²
ArticleEdit
nên
- 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.
- 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.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old FrisianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Blend of ne (“not”) + ēn (“one”). Akin to Old English nān.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
nēn
PronounEdit
nēn
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 30 (facsimile):
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
- Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
ConjunctionEdit
nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
- However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
DescendantsEdit
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
nen
Derived termsEdit
VolapükEdit
PrepositionEdit
nen
WelshEdit
NounEdit
nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)