kein
Breton
Etymology
Cognate with Welsh cefn (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kebno- (“back”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kein m (plural keinoù)
- back (the rear of body)
Inflection
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German kein, from the merger of Middle High German dechein, dehein ("someone; anyone", from Old High German dehein) and Middle High German nechein, nehein ("not any", from Old High German nihein). More at none.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪ̯n/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
- Homophone: Kain
- Homophone: keinen Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "according to a common pronunciation of this form" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Pronoun
kein
- no; not a(n); not one; not any
- Das ist kein Bett. — “That is not a bed.” (Compare with: “That is no bed.”)
Declension
The declension pattern for kein follows that of ein (“a”) and the possessive determiners, as does the declension of adjectives that follow kein. For the most part, the adjectives decline like those that appear after the definite article (the so-called weak declension pattern for German adjectives). However, kein lacks a masculine marker in the nominative case and a neuter marker in the nominative and accusative cases. Accordingly, adjectives following that plain form take an -er or -es to indicate the gender:
Declension of kein | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | kein | keine | kein | keine |
genitive | keines | keiner | keines | keiner |
dative | keinem | keiner | keinem | keinen |
accusative | keinen | keine | kein | keine |
Related terms
Further reading
- “kein” in Duden online
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *kēne, from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“brave”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Clay" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kai̯n/
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Adjective
kein
Inflection
Inflection of kein | ||||
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uninflected | kein | |||
inflected | keine | |||
comparative | keinder keiner | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kein | keinder keiner |
it keinst it keinste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste |
n. sing. | kein | keinder keiner |
keinste | |
plural | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste | |
definite | keine | keindere keinere |
keinste | |
partitive | keins | keinders keiners |
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Further reading
- “kein”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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