eben
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eben (comparative more eben, superlative most eben)
- Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American English.
Adverb
[edit]eben (comparative more eben, superlative most eben)
- Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American English.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ebenus. Doublet of banús.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈe.βən]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈe.bən]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ben]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
[edit]eben m (plural ébens)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eben”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “eben”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “eben” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “eben” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eben m inan
- ebony (tree, wood, color)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eben”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “eben”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “eben”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “eben”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The adjective is from Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban, the adverb from ebano; from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz and its adverb equivalent. Cognate with Low German even, Dutch even, effen, English even, Danish jævn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /eːbən/, [ˈeːbən], [ˈeːbm̩]
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈeːbənt/, [ˈeː(b)m̩t]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -eːbən
Adjective
[edit]eben (strong nominative masculine singular ebener or ebner, comparative ebener or ebner, superlative am ebensten)
Declension
[edit]| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am ebensten | sie ist am ebensten | es ist am ebensten | sie sind am ebensten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ebenster | ebenste | ebenstes | ebenste |
| genitive | ebensten | ebenster | ebensten | ebenster | |
| dative | ebenstem | ebenster | ebenstem | ebensten | |
| accusative | ebensten | ebenste | ebenstes | ebenste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ebenste | die ebenste | das ebenste | die ebensten |
| genitive | des ebensten | der ebensten | des ebensten | der ebensten | |
| dative | dem ebensten | der ebensten | dem ebensten | den ebensten | |
| accusative | den ebensten | die ebenste | das ebenste | die ebensten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ebenster | eine ebenste | ein ebenstes | (keine) ebensten |
| genitive | eines ebensten | einer ebensten | eines ebensten | (keiner) ebensten | |
| dative | einem ebensten | einer ebensten | einem ebensten | (keinen) ebensten | |
| accusative | einen ebensten | eine ebenste | ein ebenstes | (keine) ebensten | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]eben
- (modal particle) just, simply, indicating that something is generally known or cannot be changed, and is therefore to be accepted; often equivalent to a shrug
- Synonym: halt
- Er ist eben ein Idiot...
- He's an idiot, that's just how he is...
- Dann müssen wir eben härter arbeiten.
- Then we'll just have to work harder.
- (modal particle) just, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication
- Synonym: kurz
- Ich geh mal eben zur Theke.
- I'll just go to the bar.
- Könnten Sie mir vielleicht eben helfen?
- Could you maybe help me out really quickly?
- just; a moment ago
- Wo ist denn dein Mann? Der saß doch eben noch hier.
- Where's your husband? He was sitting here just a minute ago.
- (rare) even
- Und du kannst mir sagen, wie gut (oder schlecht eben...) es ist.
- And you can tell me how good (or even how bad...) it is.
- (literary, with a demonstrative determiner or pronoun) exactly, very
- Synonym: genau
- Es sollte eben diese Entscheidung sein, die ihn in den Bankrott treiben würde.
- It would be this very decision that drove him into bankruptcy.
Alternative forms
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]eben
- exactly; used to express agreement with an argument while not having needed convincing
- 1996 August 3, Steffen Offermann, “gcc /LINUX-Problem”, in maus.lang.c[1] (Usenet):
- [ES> Professionelle Anwendungen interessieren sich heute eigentlich kaum noch fuer die zur Verfuegung stehende Rechenleistung.]
Eben. Und das ist es, was ich allem voran bemaengele.- [ES> Professional applications honestly hardly even care about the available computing power anymore, nowadays.]
Exactly. And that is what I criticize most of all.
- [ES> Professional applications honestly hardly even care about the available computing power anymore, nowadays.]
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “eben (flach, glatt)” in Duden online
- “eben (genau, gerade)” in Duden online
- “eben (soeben, vorhin, schnell)” in Duden online
- “eben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eben
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French ébène, from Latin ebenus.
Noun
[edit]eben n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | eben | ebenul |
| genitive-dative | eben | ebenului |
| vocative | ebenule | |
Slovak
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ebenum, from ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj,
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eben m inan (relational adjective ebenový)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eben | ebeny |
| genitive | ebenu | ebenov |
| dative | ebenu | ebenom |
| accusative | eben | ebeny |
| locative | ebene | ebenoch |
| instrumental | ebenom | ebenmi |
Further reading
[edit]- “eben”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
- Králik, Ľubor (2016), “eben”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 142
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]eben
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