kein
Breton
Etymology
Cognate with Welsh cefn (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kebno- (“back”), from Pre-Celtic *kebn-, which could be related to *kambos (“crooked, bent”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kein m (plural keinoù)
- back (the rear of body)
Inflection
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References
- ^ The Journal of Celtic Studies. (1958). United States: Temple University at the Waverly Press, p. 3
German
Etymology
From Middle High German kein, from the merger of Middle High German dechein, dehein ("someone; anyone", from Old High German dehein) and Middle High German nechein, nehein ("not any", from Old High German nihein). More at none.
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
- Homophone: Kain
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Pronoun
kein
- no; not a(n); not one; not any
- Das ist kein Bett. ― That is not a bed. (literally, “That is no bed.”)
- Es gibt kein Brot. (accusative) ― There is no bread.
Declension
Declension of kein | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | kein | keine | kein | keine |
genitive | keines | keiner | keines | keiner |
dative | keinem | keiner | keinem | keinen |
accusative | keinen | keine | kein | keine |
The declension pattern for kein follows that of ein (“a”) and the possessive determiners, as does the declension of adjectives that follow kein. For the most part, the adjectives decline like those that appear after the definite article (the so-called weak declension pattern for German adjectives). However, kein lacks a masculine marker in the nominative case and a neuter marker in the nominative and accusative cases. Accordingly, adjectives following that plain form take an -er or -es to indicate the gender.
Usage notes
- In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun.
Derived terms
- kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
- kein Jota
- kein Kommentar
- kein Problem
- kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sein
- kein Wässerchen trüben können
- kein Wunder
Related terms
Further reading
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *kēne, from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“brave”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
kein
Inflection
Inflection of kein | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | kein | |||
inflected | keine | |||
comparative | keinder keiner | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kein | keinder keiner |
it keinst it keinste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste |
n. sing. | kein | keinder keiner |
keinste | |
plural | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste | |
definite | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste | |
partitive | keins | keinders keiners |
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Further reading
- “kein”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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