eens
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See also: êens
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]eens
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[edit]Dutch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch eens, from Old Dutch ēnis. Equivalent to een (“one”) + -s (genitive suffix). Cognate with German einst and eins (in eins sein/werden), English once.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /eːns/
Audio: (file)
- (adverb when unstressed usually) IPA(key): /əns/, /əs/ (may informally be spelt 'ns, 's)
- Hyphenation: eens
- Rhymes: -eːns
Adverb
[edit]eens
- once, one time
- sometime, at an unspecified time
- Synonym: ooit
- modal particle which gives a slightly softer tone to requests or imperatives
- Kijk eens wat ik voor je heb!
- Look what I have here for you!
- (in negation) even
Derived terms
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[edit]Conjunction
[edit]eens
- (Belgium) once, as soon as
- Synonym: zodra
- Eens we het eens zijn, kunnen we verder.
- Once we agree, we can move on.
Adjective
[edit]eens (used only predicatively, comparative meer eens, superlative meest eens)
- of one accord or opinion, in agreement
- Ze zijn het niet eens geworden.
- They couldn’t reach an agreement.
Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: eens
Article
[edit]eens
Declension
[edit]Dutch indefinite article
Anagrams
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]| < 0 | 1 | 2 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : eens Ordinal : erscht | ||
Etymology
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[edit]Numeral
[edit]eens
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From een (“one”). The -s is probably an original genitive suffix, though the modern use would appear to have been influenced by German eins (whose -s is of different origin).
Numeral
[edit]eens
- (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
- Hie is so dum, hie kon nit fon eens bit tjoon tälle.
- He is so dumb, he cannot count from one to ten.
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