ein
Breton
Dutch Low Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/
Faroese
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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Cardinal : ein Ordinal : fyrsti Distributive : einir | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Article
ein (neuter eitt)
Declension
ein, eitt (a, one) - article, numeral, adjective, indefinite pronoun | |||
Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | ein | ein | eitt |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | eina | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | einum | eini / einari | einum |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eins) | (einar) | (eins) |
Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | einir | einar | eini |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | einar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | einum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eina) |
Numeral
ein (neuter eitt)
- one (1)
- ein maður og tvær kvinnur ― one man and two women
- ein kvinna og tveir menn ― one woman and two men
- einar buksur og tveir skógvar ― one pair of trousers and two pair of shoes
- ein dagin
- one day, someday
Adjective
ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)
- same
- Teir fóru allir ein veg.
- They all went the same way.
- alone
- Hon sat í borgin ein.
- She sat in the castle alone.
- approximate
- einar hundrað krónur ― approximately 100 kroner
Derived terms
- ein og hvør (“everybody”)
- eitt nú (“for instance”)
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare German Low German en, ein, Dutch een, English one, Danish en, Norwegian Nynorsk ein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɪ̯n/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ən/, /n̩/ (for the article, chiefly colloquial)
audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
Usage notes
Usage notes
- In the vernacular, the diphthong ei- is usually not pronounced in the indefinite article, which gives rise to the informal contractions 'n, 'ne, 'nem, 'ner (dative), and 'nen. (There are no contracted genitive forms.)
- Earlier contracted forms which are not in use anymore are eim for einem and eins for eines (as in "eins Mann[e]s", "eins Kind[e]s"). Even older forms are ein for eine (as in ein Frau), einm for einem and einr for einer.
Declension
Declension of ein | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | ein | eine | ein | – |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | ein | – |
Coordinate terms
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
…
- 10100: Googol
…
- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
…
Related terms
German Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/
Icelandic
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Akin to English one, English an
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æɪn/ (example of pronunciation)
Derived terms
Article
ein m (indefinite singular feminine ei, indefinite singular neuter eit, definite singular -en, indefinite plural -ar, definite plural -ane)
- Indefinite singular article for masculine nouns.
- a, an (indefinite article)
- Eg skal selja ein båt.
- I am going to sell a boat.
- Ein raud blome.
- A red flower.
Pronoun
ein
Adverb
ein
- circa, approximately, about
- Det ligg ein to-tre kilometer unna.
- It lies about two to three kilometres away.
See also
- en (Bokmål)
Old High German
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
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Cardinal : ein | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, whence also Old English ān, Old Norse einn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh yn.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ei̯n/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ən/
West Frisian
Further reading
- “ein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Further reading
- “ein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011