dein

See also: Dein and déin

English

Alternative forms

• deein

Verb

dein

1. present participle of de

References

• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Dine, Enid, Iden, IndE, Nide, deni, dine, enid, iDEN, nide

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯n/, [ˈde̞i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ein
• Syllabification^(key): dein

Noun

dein

1. instructive plural of dee

Anagrams

• nide

German

Alternative forms

• Dein (determiner)

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Akin to Old Saxon thīn, English thine, thy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
• Homophone: deinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Pronoun

dein

1. (archaic) genitive singular of du
   • 19th century, Nikolaus Lenau, Schilflieder, no. 3:

     Auf geheimem Waldespfade
     Schleich ich gern im Abendschein
     An das öde Schilfgestade,
     Mädchen, und gedenke dein!

     Upon private forest path[s]
     I yearnly slink in evenshine
     unto the lonely reeden bank,
     Maiden, and think of thee!

   • 1912, “Der Brief des Paulus an Philemon”, in Luther-Bibel 1912, verse 4:

     Ich danke meinem Gott und gedenke dein allezeit in meinem Gebet[.]

     I thank my God and think of thee always in my prayer[.]

Determiner

dein m (feminine deine, neuter dein, plural deine)

1. thy, your (esp. to friends, relatives, children, etc.).

Declension

Declension of dein
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dein	deine	dein	deine
genitive	deines	deiner	deines	deiner
dative	deinem	deiner	deinem	deinen
accusative	deinen	deine	dein	deine

When used as a pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form deiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form deines or deins.

• mein Vater und deiner – my father and yours
• Das ist mein Fahrrad. Das andere ist dein(e)s. – This is my bike. The other one is yours.

See also

• Ihr (“your”) (addressing formally or politely one or more persons)

Determiner

dein

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of dein

Anagrams

• Neid

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ̯n/

Determiner

dein

1. thy, your

Inflection

Hunsrik possessive pronouns

	nominative / accusative				dative
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
1st person singular	mein	mein	mein	mein, meine1	meim	meiner	meim	meine
2nd person singular	dein	dein	dein	dein, deine1	deim	deiner	deim	deine
3rd person singular (m/n)	sein	sein	sein	sein, seine1	seim	seiner	seim	seine
3rd person singular (f)	eere	eere	eere	eere	eerem	eerer	eerem	eere
1st person plural	unser	unser	unser	unser, unsre1	unsrem	unsrer	unsrem	unsre
2nd person plural	eier	eier	eier	eier, eire1	eirem	eirer	eirem	eire
3rd person plural	eere	eere	eere	eere	eerem	eerer	eerem	eere

¹Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲɪnʲ]

Verb

dein (present analytic deineann, future analytic déanfaidh, verbal noun déanamh, past participle déanta)

1. Munster form of déan

Conjugation

conjugation of dein (irregular)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	deinim	deineann tú; deinir	deineann sé, sí	deinimíd	deineann sibh	deineann siad; deinid	a dheineann / a ndeineann*	deintear
	past	dheineas	dheinis	dhein sé, sí	dheineamair	dheineabhair	dheineadar	a dhein / ar dhein*	deineadh
	past habitual	dheininn / ndeininn‡‡	dheinteá / ndeinteᇇ	dheineadh sé, sí / ndeineadh sé, s퇇	dheinimís / ndeinimís‡‡	dheineadh sibh / ndeineadh sibh‡‡	dheinidís / ndeinidís‡‡	a dheineadh / a ndeineadh*	dheintí / ndeint퇇
	future	déanfaidh mé; déanfad	déanfaidh tú; déanfair	déanfaidh sé, sí	déanfaimíd	déanfaidh sibh	déanfaid (siad)	a dhéanfaidh / a ndéanfaidh*	déanfar
conditional		dhéanfainn / ndéanfainn‡‡	dhéanfá / ndéanfᇇ	dhéanfadh sé, sí / ndéanfadh sé, s퇇	dhéanfaimís / ndéanfaimís‡‡	dhéanfadh sibh / ndéanfainn sibh‡‡	dhéanfaidís / ndéanfaidís‡‡	a dhéanfadh / a ndéanfadh*	dhéanfaí / ndéanfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndeinead	go ndeinir	go ndeine sé, sí	go ndeinimíd	go ndeine sibh	go ndeine siad; go ndeinid	—	go ndeintear
	past	dá ndeininn	dá ndeinteá	dá ndeineadh sé, sí	dá ndeinimís	dá ndeineadh sibh	dá ndeinidís	—	dá ndeintí
imperative		deinim	dein	deineadh sé, sí	deinimís	deinidh	deinidís	—	deintear
verbal noun		déanamh
past participle		déanta

* indirect relative
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dein	dhein	ndein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dein”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Preconsonantal variant, with apocope of the final syllable.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dei̯n/, [d̪ɛi̯n]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dei̯n/, [d̪ɛi̯n]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.in/, [ˈd̪eɪn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.in/, [ˈd̪ɛːin]
• Note: monosyllabic, except one apparent instance in Terentianus Maurus and occasionally in Late and Medieval Latin.

Adverb

dein (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of deinde

References

• “dein”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dein”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Manx

Verb

dein (verbal noun deiney)

1. to molest

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dein	ghein	nein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.