z'n

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See also: zn, ZN, Zn, zN, zn., and -źń

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zən/
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Determiner

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z'n

  1. (possessive) Contraction of zijn.

Usage notes

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  • This contracted form is seen chiefly in informal writing. Otherwise the full form zijn is written out even though the pronunciation is that of z’n.
  • However, the spelling z’n is used in formal writing in a few fixed expressions, such as met z’n drieën (“involving a group of three people”), or op z’n hoogst (“at most”). In these phrases, z’n does not have the meaning of an actual possessive adjective.

Declension

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Jersey Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch sīn (originally a reflexive form), from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seyno-, ultimately a form of the reflexive pronoun *swe.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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z'n

  1. (possessive) his, its