negen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːɣən
• (Belgium) IPA: /ˈneː.ʝə(n)/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /ˈneː.ɣə(n)/, /ˈneː.xə(n)/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch negen, neghen, from Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten". Compare West Frisian njoggen, German neun, English nine, Danish ni.

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : negen     Ordinal : negende

negen (invariable)

1. (cardinal) nine

Noun

negen ? (plural negens, diminutive negentje)

1. A nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine

   Die negens lijken wel achten

   Those nines look like eights

2. A nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine

   Een negen volstaat om deze robber te winnen

   A nine suffices to win this hand

Derived terms

• negeling m
• negendaags
• negendraad
• negenduizend
• negenentwintig
• negenderhande
• negenderlei
• negenerlei
• negenhoek
• negenhonderd
• negenjarig
• negenlesse
• negenkracht
• negenmaal
• negenman n
• negenmanneken n
• negenmis
• negenoog n
• negenproef
• negental n
• negentien
• negentig
• negentoon
• negenurenmis
• negenvoud n
• negenvoudig
• negenwerf
• negenweker m

Verb

negen

1. first-person singular present indicative of negenen
2. imperative of negenen

Etymology 2

Verb

negen

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of nijgen

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• neghen

Etymology

From Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneːɣən/

Numeral

negen

1. nine

Descendants

• Dutch: negen