een
English
Etymology 1
Noun
een
- (archaic and Scotland, Northern England) Alternative form of eyen (“eyes”)
- (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- And eke with fatness swollen were his een.
- (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
References
- “een”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From a contraction of even.
Adverb
een (not comparable)
Etymology 3
From even (“evening”).
Noun
een (plural eens)
Anagrams
Afrikaans
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerste | ||
Etymology
From Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Numeral
een
Derived terms
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Article
een (contracted form 'n)
- (indefinite article) Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [eːn]
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): [eɪ̯n]
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
Numeral
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerst | ||
een
Derived terms
See also
Usage notes
- When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number or the indefinite article, the former is written with acute accents: één. In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die is 'one of those'. But een appel can mean both 'one apple' and 'an apple', so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
- Examples
- Een hoed: a hat; een oor; an ear.
- Eén voor allen, allen voor één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Anagrams
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
Article
een m (indefinite article)
- (Stellingwerfs) a, an
Article
een n (indefinite article)
- (Stellingwerfs) a, an
Numeral
een
Finnish
Noun
een
Anagrams
German Low German
Alternative forms
Article
een m or n
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative spelling of en : a, an
Numeral
een
Hunsrik
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : eerst | ||
Etymology
From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
Numeral
een
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
een
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
Article
êen
Inflection
This article needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Numeral
êen
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Pronoun
êen
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “een (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “een (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “een (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
North Frisian
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : iarst | ||
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēn.
Numeral
een (m.) (f. or n. ian)
Coordinate terms
Saterland Frisian
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Cardinal : een | ||
Alternative forms
- aan (masculine)
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēn. Compare with West Frisian ien.
Pronunciation
Numeral
een f or n
Scots
Etymology 1
Noun
een
Etymology 2
Numeral
een
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