een
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
een
References [edit]
- een in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
Etymology 2 [edit]
From a contraction of even.
Adverb [edit]
een (not comparable)
- (dialectal, Northern England) even.
- een seea
Etymology 3 [edit]
From even (“evening”).
Noun [edit]
een (plural eens)
Anagrams [edit]
Afrikaans [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Numeral [edit]
een
- (cardinal) one
Derived terms [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare German ein, Low German en, ein, West Frisian ien, English one.
Pronunciation [edit]
Article [edit]
een (contracted form 'n)
- (indefinite) Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /eːn/
- (Belgium) IPA: [eːn]
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audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA: [eɪ̯n]
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audio (Netherlands) (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
Numeral [edit]
| < 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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een
- (cardinal) one
See also [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Usage notes [edit]
- 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 you would write één appel.
- 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.)
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch Low Saxon [edit]
Article [edit]
een m (indefinite article)
Article [edit]
een n (indefinite article)
Numeral [edit]
een
- (Stellingwerfs) one (1)
German Low German [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Article [edit]
een m (indefinite article)
Article [edit]
een n (indefinite article)
Numeral [edit]
een
Middle Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /eːn/
Numeral [edit]
een
Descendants [edit]
- Dutch: een
Saterland Frisian [edit]
Numeral [edit]
een
- (cardinal) one
Scots [edit]
Noun [edit]
een
- Plural form of ee
Numeral [edit]
een
- (Doric, cardinal) one
Synonyms [edit]
Categories:
- Scottish English
- Northern England English
- English archaic terms
- English plurals
- Northumbrian English
- English adverbs
- English dialectal terms
- English nouns
- English poetic terms
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Afrikaans numerals
- af:Cardinal numbers
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch articles
- Dutch numerals
- nl:Cardinal numbers
- nl:One
- Dutch Low Saxon articles
- Dutch Low Saxon numerals
- nds-nl:Cardinal numbers
- German Low German articles
- Low Prussian German Low German
- German Low German alternative forms
- German Low German numerals
- nds-de:Cardinal numbers
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Dutch numerals
- dum:Cardinal numbers
- Saterland Frisian numerals
- stq:Cardinal numbers
- Scots plurals
- Scots numerals
- Doric Scots
- sco:Cardinal numbers