een
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
een
- (archaic and Scotland, Northern England) plural of eye
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21:
- And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
References
- “een”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From a contraction of even.
Etymology 3
From even (“evening”).
Synonyms
- eve, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Afrikaans
10 | ||||
← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: een Ordinal: eerste Ordinal abbreviation: 1ste |
Etymology
From Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪə̯n/, /eə̯n/
Audio (file)
Anagrams
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- ein (Kölsch; Westerwald)
- ään (eastern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Middle High German een, from Old High German ein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
Numeral
een
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) one
- Loß mich der nur een Frooch stelle.
- Let me ask you just one question.
- Wanns de keene Steff häs, kann ich der eener jevve.
- If you don't have a pencil, I can give you one.
Declension
- Nominative/Accusative:
- Dative:
- Without determiner: eenem Mann, eener Frau, eenem Kend.
- With determiner: däm eene m/n, dä eene or dä eener f.
- Eastern Moselle Franconian distinguishes masculine nominative and accusative. Masculine ää, ääner are nominative, whereas masculine ääne is accusative.
- Westernmost Ripuarian has no dative forms. Moreover it uses the velarised stem eng- before vocalic endings and always in the feminine.
See also
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: een
- Rhymes: -ən
Article
een (contracted form 'n)
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [eːn]
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): [eɪ̯n]
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: een
- Rhymes: -eːn
Descendants
See also
Usage notes
When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number (pronounced /eːn/) or the indefinite article (pronounced /ən/), the former is written with acute accents: één (“one”). In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die unambiguously means “one of those”, so it is written without acute accents. However, een appel could mean both “one apple” and “an apple”, so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
When only the first letter of één is capitalised, the acute accent is usually dropped from the upper case E: Eén.
- Examples
- Een hoed: a hat; een oor; an ear.
- Eén voor allen, allen voor één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Dutch Low Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ən/
Article
een m (indefinite article)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
Numeral
een
- (Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Twents, Veluws) one (1)
- Een hoed: a hat; een ore; an ear.
- Eén veur allen, allen veur één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Further reading
- 1 (getal) on the Dutch Low Saxon Wikipedia.Wikipedia nds-nl
Usage notes
- When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number or the indefinite article, the former is written with acute accents: één. In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die is 'one of those'. But een appel can mean both 'one apple' and 'an apple', so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
German Low German
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerst | ||
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
—0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
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0— | null | een | twee/twei | dree/drei | veer | fiev/fief | söß/söss/seß | sæben/söven | acht | negen/nägen |
1— | teihn/tein/tien | ölven/elf | twölf | dörteihn | veerteihn | föffteihn | sössteihn | söventeihn | achtteihn | negenteihn |
2— | twintig | eenuntwintig | tweeuntwintig | dreeuntwintig | veeruntwintig | fiefuntwintig | sössuntwintig | sövenuntwintig | achtuntwintig | negenuntwintig |
3— | dörtig | eenundörtig | tweeundörtig | dreeundörtig | veerundörtig | fiefundörtig | sössundörtig | sövenundörtig | achtundörtig | negenundörtig |
4— | veertig | eenunveertig | tweeunveertig | dreeunveertig | veerunveertig | fiefunveertig | sössunveertig | sövenunveertig | achtunveertig | negenunveertig |
5— | föfftig | eenunföfftig | tweeunföfftig | dreeunföfftig | veerunföfftig | fiefunföfftig | sössunföfftig | sövenunföfftig | achtunföfftig | negenunföfftig |
6— | sösstig | eenunsösstig | tweeunsösstig | dreeunsösstig | veerunsösstig | fiefunsösstig | sössunsösstig | sövenunsösstig | achtunsösstig | negenunsösstig |
7— | söventig | eenunsöventig | tweeunsöventig | dreeunsöventig | veerunsöventig | fiefunsöventig | sössunsöventig | sövenunsöventig | achtunsöventig | negenunsöventig |
8— | achtig tachentig | eenunachtig eenuntachentig | tweeunachtig tweeuntachentig | dreeunachtig dreeuntachentig | veerunachtig veeruntachentig | fiefunachtig fiefuntachentig | sössunachtig sössuntachentig | sövenunachtig sövenuntachentig | achtunachtig achtuntachentig | negenunachtig negenuntachentig |
9— | negentig | eenunnegentig | tweeunnegentig | dreeunnegentig | veerunnegentig | fiefunnegentig | sössunnegentig | sövenunnegentig | achtunnegentig | negenunnegentig |
- 100: hunnert
- 103: dusend, duusend, eendusend
- 104: teihndusend
- 106: Milljon
- 1012: Billjon
- 1015: Billjard
…
Hunsrik
10 | ||||
← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: een, enns Ordinal: eerst Adverbial: eenmol Fractional: ganz |
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.[1]
Cognate with German ein and Luxembourgish een.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Hyphenation: een
Declension
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “een”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 40
Luxembourgish
1 | 2 > | |
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Cardinal : een | ||
Etymology
From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- Rhymes: -eːn
audio (file)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɛ̯n/
Inflection
This article needs an inflection-table template.
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “een (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
North Frisian
10 | ||||
1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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Cardinal: een, ian Ordinal: iarst |
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēn.
Coordinate terms
—0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
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0— | nol | een | tau | trii | fjauer | fiiw | seeks | sööwen | aacht | njüügen |
1— | tjiin | elwen | twaalew | tretanj | fjauertanj | füftanj | seekstanj | sööwentanj | aagetanj | njüügentanj |
2— | twuntig | eenantwuntig | tauantwuntig | triiantwuntig | fjauerantwuntig | fiiwantwuntig | seeksantwuntig | sööwenantwuntig | aachtantwuntig | njüügenantwuntig |
3— | dörtig | eenandörtig | tauandörtig | triiandörtig | fjauerandörtig | fiiwandörtig | seeksandörtig | sööwenandörtig | aachtandörtig | njüügenandörtig |
4— | fiartig | eenanfiartig | tauanfiartig | triianfiartig | fjaueranfiartig | fiiwanfiartig | seeksanfiartig | sööwenanfiartig | aachtanfiartig | njüügenanfiartig |
5— | föftig | eenanföftig | tauanföftig | triianföftig | fjaueranföftig | fiiwanföftig | seeksanföftig | sööwenanföftig | aachtanföftig | njüügenanföftig |
6— | söstig | eenansöstig | tauansöstig | triiansöstig | fjaueransöstig | fiiwansöstig | seeksansöstig | sööwenansöstig | aachtansöstig | njüügenansöstig |
7— | sööwentig | eenansööwentig | tauansööwentig | triiansööwentig | fjaueransööwentig | fiiwansööwentig | seeksansööwentig | sööwenansööwentig | aachtansööwentig | njüügenansööwentig |
8— | tachentig | eenantachentig | tauantachentig | triiantachentig | fjauerantachentig | fiiwantachentig | seeksantachentig | sööwenantachentig | aachtantachentig | njüügenantachentig |
9— | neegentig | eenanneegentig | tauanneegentig | triianneegentig | fjaueranneegentig | fiiwanneegentig | seeksanneegentig | sööwenanneegentig | aachtanneegentig | njüügenanneegentig |
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːn/, [ˈɛːn]
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “een”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle English eend, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī.
Alternative forms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37 & 38