een
English
Noun
een
- (archaic and Scotland, Northern England) Alternative form of eyen (“eyes”)
- Edmund Spenser
- And eke with fatness swollen were his een.
- Edmund Spenser
References
- een in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From a contraction of even.
Etymology 3
From even (“evening”).
Afrikaans
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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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.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ən/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ən
Etymology
From Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare German ein, Low German en, ein, West Frisian ien, English one.
Article
een (contracted form 'n)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [eːn]
audio (Belgium) (file) - (Netherlands) IPA(key): [eɪ̯n]
audio (Netherlands) (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
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.)
Dutch Low Saxon
German Low German
Alternative forms
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
- IPA(key): /eːn/
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɛ̯n/
Inflection
This article needs an inflection-table template.
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
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
- “een (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “een (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “een (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
North Frisian
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Cardinal : een Ordinal : iarst | ||
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēn.
Coordinate terms
—0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
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0— | nol | een | tau | trii | fjauer | fiiw | seeks | sööwen | aacht | njüügen |
1— | tjiin | elwen | twaalew | tretanj | fjauertanj | füftanj | seekstanj | sööwentanj | aagetanj | njüügentanj |
2— | twuntig | eenantwuntig | tauantwuntig | triiantwuntig | fjauerantwuntig | fiiwantwuntig | seeksantwuntig | sööwenantwuntig | aachtantwuntig | njüügenantwuntig |
3— | dörtig | eenandörtig | tauandörtig | triiandörtig | fjauerandörtig | fiiwandörtig | seeksandörtig | sööwenandörtig | aachtandörtig | njüügenandörtig |
4— | fiartig | eenanfiartig | tauanfiartig | triianfiartig | fjaueranfiartig | fiiwanfiartig | seeksanfiartig | sööwenanfiartig | aachtanfiartig | njüügenanfiartig |
5— | föftig | eenanföftig | tauanföftig | triianföftig | fjaueranföftig | fiiwanföftig | seeksanföftig | sööwenanföftig | aachtanföftig | njüügenanföftig |
6— | söstig | eenansöstig | tauansöstig | triiansöstig | fjaueransöstig | fiiwansöstig | seeksansöstig | sööwenansöstig | aachtansöstig | njüügenansöstig |
7— | sööwentig | eenansööwentig | tauansööwentig | triiansööwentig | fjaueransööwentig | fiiwansööwentig | seeksansööwentig | sööwenansööwentig | aachtansööwentig | njüügenansööwentig |
8— | tachentig | eenantachentig | tauantachentig | triiantachentig | fjauerantachentig | fiiwantachentig | seeksantachentig | sööwenantachentig | aachtantachentig | njüügenantachentig |
9— | neegentig | eenanneegentig | tauanneegentig | triianneegentig | fjaueranneegentig | fiiwanneegentig | seeksanneegentig | sööwenanneegentig | aachtanneegentig | njüügenanneegentig |
Saterland Frisian
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Cardinal : een | ||
Alternative forms
- aan (masculine)
Etymology
From Old Frisian ēn. Compare with West Frisian ien.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːn/