nen
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[edit]Symbol
[edit]nen
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[edit]English
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nen
Anagrams
[edit]Abinomn
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen
Ainu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ne (“interrogatory root”) + n (“person”). See nep, nekon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nen (Kana spelling ネン)
- (interrogative) who
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Variant of nyjë, nye (“article; joint”), whose stem was originally nen-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen m (plural nene, definite neni, definite plural nenet)
References
[edit]- FGJSSH (1980), page 1226b: “nen,~i1”, “nen,~i2”
- Çabej SEFSH, pages 377f.: “nye”
Etymology 2
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nên
References
[edit]- Mann (1948), page 314a: “nên”
- Bashkimi (1908), page 289a: “nên”; Jungg (1895), page 90a: “nnen” → “nen”
- Rossi (1875), page 907b: “nnèn”; Meyer (1891), page 299: “ndɛ” → “nnęn”
Etymology 3
[edit]Akin to nenë (“amaranth”) and nenexhik (“mint”), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish نانه (nane, “mint”).
Noun
[edit]nên m (dialectal, Lezhë)
References
[edit]- Mann (1948), page 314a: “nên”
Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *ninnus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen m (plural nens, feminine nena, feminine plural nenes)
Further reading
[edit]- “nen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “nen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen
References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Article
[edit]nen
Usage notes
[edit]See usage notes at ne.
German
[edit]Article
[edit]nen
- nonstandard form of 'n
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nen
Ladin
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nen
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nen
- nonstandard spelling of nèn
Usage notes
[edit]- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Stem vowel: ê²
Article
[edit]nên
- no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.
- Gy ſynt de ſnodeſte vn̅ de groteſte thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde[sic]. vn̅ ik hebbe nene̅ minſche̅ ny gheſeen noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ſecht heft.
- ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra̅ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin nōn (“not”), with the -n surviving intervocalically.
Adverb
[edit]nen
- (before vowels) alternative form of ne (“not”)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland[1], lines 7–9:
- Li reis Marsilie la tient, ki Deu nen aimet; / Mahumet sert e Apollin recleimet: / Nes poet guarder que mals ne l'i ateignet.
- The king Marsile rules it [Zaragoza], [he] who doesn't love God; he worships Mohammed and prays to Apollin: he cannot escape from the evil that approaches him.
Usage notes
[edit]Mainly used to metric reasons in poems, to gain a syllable.
Old Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of ne (“not”) + ēn (“one”). Akin to Old English nān.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]nēn
Pronoun
[edit]nēn
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nen
- not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 30 (facsimile):
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
- Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily
- Nen ela outroſſi anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q̇ nõ rogue de coraçõ
Conjunction
[edit]nen
- nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 6 (facsimile):
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
- However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.
- Porend a ſant eſcritura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn̈ miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ſanta maria.
Descendants
[edit]Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, a contraction of ne + en.
Determiner
[edit]nēn
Interjection
[edit]nen
- no
- 9th c. Heliand, verse 1522-1523
- ...queđe iā, gef it sī, [geha] thes thār wār is, queđe nēn, af it nis, [lāta] im genōg an thiu;...
- ...say yes, if it be, confess of that where the truth is, say no, if it is not, let enough (for) him in that;...
- 9th c. Heliand, verse 1522-1523
Antonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]nen
Further reading
[edit]- “nen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]nen
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[edit]Volapük
[edit]Preposition
[edit]nen
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
[edit]nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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