eind
Dutch edit
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Etymology edit
From earlier einde with apocope of the final -e, from Middle Dutch ende, einde, from Old Dutch endi, einde, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eind n (plural einden, diminutive eindje n)
- end
- Het feest was aan het eind van de straat. ― The party was at the end of the street.
- Het einde is nabij. ― The end is nigh.
- Aan het eind van de avond was ik helemaal afgepeigerd. ― At the end of the evening I was totally exhausted.
- a (short) length of something, particularly rope
- De matroos had een eind touw in zijn hand. ― The sailor was holding a length of rope.
- Ik heb een eindje garen nodig. ― I need a short length of yarn.
- a considerable distance
- Het is een heel eind van hier naar de stad. ― It's quite a distance from here to the city.
- Ik ga even een eindje hardlopen. ― I'm going to run some distance.
Usage notes edit
- The sense "short length [of rope]" is attested for the spelling einde as well, but is vanishingly rare with that spelling compared to eind.
- The sense "considerable distance" is limited to forms of this word without final -e. "Een einde lopen" is thus absolutely incorrect, whereas "een eind lopen" is not.
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From einn (“one”) + -ð (“abstract noun suffix”), literally "oneth" or "oneness", with a similar structure as Swedish enhet, Dutch eenheid, German Einheit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eind f (genitive singular eindar, nominative plural eindir)
- unit
- (physics) particle
- (algebra) unit (an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication)
Declension edit
declension of eind
Derived terms edit
- andeind
- bóseind
- efniseind
- fermíeind
- fiseind
- frumeind
- hljóðeind
- hraðeind
- jáeind
- kjarneind
- létteind
- ljóseind
- miðeind
- mýeind
- nifteind
- oddskiptaeind
- öreind
- rafeind
- róteind
- sameind
- sterkeind
- táeind
- þungeind
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