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enen

See also: énen and en- -en

Danish edit

Noun edit

enen c

  1. definite singular of ene

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch ênen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.nə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: enen
  • Rhymes: -eːnən

Article edit

enen

  1. (dated) (archaic) dative masculine/neuter of een; to a.
  2. (dated) (archaic) accusative masculine of een; a.

Inflection edit

Dutch indefinite article
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative een ene een
Genitive eens ener eens
Dative enen ener enen
Accusative enen ene een

Fula edit

Pronoun edit

enen

  1. first person plural inclusive; emphatic we, us

See also edit

References edit

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old English ēanian, from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną, from *aunaz (“lamb”).

Variants with /d/ are from reinterpretation of the past-tense suffix as part of the verbal stem (compare modern English lend, sound).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

enen (third-person singular simple present eneth, present participle enende, enynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ened)

  1. (rare, of livestock) To give birth; to yean.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of enen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) enen
present tense past tense
1st-person singular ene ened
2nd-person singular enest enedest
3rd-person singular eneth ened
subjunctive singular ene
imperative singular —
plural1 enen, ene eneden, enede
imperative plural eneth, ene —
participles enynge, enende ened, yened

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: ean
  • Scots: eenie

References edit

Swedish edit

Noun edit

enen

  1. definite singular of en
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