deinen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Said to be a borrowing from Frisian, from Old Frisian *thina, of uncertain origin, but possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *þį̄han (to thrive).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛi̯nə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dei‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən

Verb

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deinen

  1. (intransitive) to bob (to move up and down with the motion of waves)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of deinen (weak)
infinitive deinen
past singular deinde
past participle gedeind
infinitive deinen
gerund deinen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dein deinde
2nd person sing. (jij) deint, dein2 deinde
2nd person sing. (u) deint deinde
2nd person sing. (gij) deint deinde
3rd person singular deint deinde
plural deinen deinden
subjunctive sing.1 deine deinde
subjunctive plur.1 deinen deinden
imperative sing. dein
imperative plur.1 deint
participles deinend gedeind
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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deinen m sg or pl

  1. (possessive) inflection of dein:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. dative plural

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Compound of dei +‎ nen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deinen

  1. day name (ritual name of Ashanti origin, given to a child born on a given day of the week; e.g., Kwaku for a boy born on a Wednesday)