nen
EnglishEdit
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *ninus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)
CornishEdit
DutchEdit
ArticleEdit
nen
- (Brabantian) Alternative form of ne
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nen boom
- a tree
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Usage notesEdit
See usage notes at ne.
GermanEdit
JapaneseEdit
LadinEdit
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
nen (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄣ)
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:
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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.
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- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- 13th century, attributed to 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
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 30 (facsimile):
ConjunctionEdit
nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- 13th century, attributed to 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.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):