tien

See also: Tien, tiên, tiến, tiền, Tiến, tiễn, Tiên, tieň, and tiện

Afrikaans

Afrikaans cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tien     Ordinal : tiende

Etymology

From Dutch tien, from Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tien

1. ten

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Asturian

Verb

1. third-person singular present indicative of tener

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/
• Rhymes: -in

• audio (Belgium):

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• audio (Netherlands):

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Numeral

Dutch numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: tien     Ordinal: tiende

tien

1. ten

Derived terms

• tiental

Anagrams

• niet

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Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tien

1. ten (10)

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Esperanto

Etymology

From tie +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

tien

1. thither, to there, (demonstrative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

As with other demonstrative correlatives in Esperanto, tien can be combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, or with for, the adverbial particle of distance. Ĉi tien thus means hither and for tien means thither [in the distance].

Derived terms

• ĉi tien, tien ĉi

Related terms

• kien
• ien
• ĉien
• nenien

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Finnish

Noun

tien

1. genitive singular of tie

Anagrams

• -iten, enti, tein

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French

Etymology

From the neuter of Latin tuus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɛ̃/

• audio:

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Adjective

tien (feminine tienne, masculine plural tiens, feminine plural tiennes)

1. (archaic) your; belonging to you (singular)

Derived terms

• le tien (“yours”)

Further reading

• “tien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• tein

Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tien

1. ten (10)

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiən/

Numeral

tien

1. ten

Descendants

• Dutch: tien
• Limburgish: teen, tieën
• Zealandic: tien

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Dutch tian, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiən/

Verb

tien

1. to pull, draw
2. to go
3. to raise or nurture

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: tijgen (with -g- from the past stem; -ij- may be from conflation with the verb below)

Etymology 3

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːən/

Verb

tiën

1. to accuse, blame
2. to prosecute

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aantijgen (with -g- from the past stem)

Further reading

• “tien (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “tien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “tiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page tiën

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Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b], [c]
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: tīen     Ordinal: tēoþa     Multiplier: tīenfeald

Alternative forms

• tēn, tēne, tȳn, tēa, tīn

Etymology

From earlier *tiehyni [ˈtiy̯.hy.ni], from *teuhuni [ˈteu̯.xu.ni], from Anglo-Frisian*tehuni [ˈte.xu.ni]. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti͜yːn/

Numeral

tīen

1. ten

Derived terms

• tīenfeald

Related terms

• tēoþa

Descendants

• Middle English: tene, ten
  • English: ten
  • Scots: tene, ten
  • Yola: dhen

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Old French

Etymology

Latin teum.

Adjective

tien

1. (stressed) yours; your

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

  un tien fils

  your son

  enveierai le tien

  I will send yours

Descendants

• French: tien

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Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tien

1. ten