ein

See also: -ein, ein-, EIN, and éin

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Article

ein (feminine eine, plural des, negative de)

  1. a, an

Breton

Noun

ein

  1. plural of oan

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/

Article

ein m (indefinite article)

  1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Article

ein n (indefinite article)

  1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Numeral

ein

  1. Alternative spelling of een : one (1)

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers
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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)

  1. a, an
    ein góður maðura good man
    ein góð kvinnaa good woman
    eitt gott barna good child
    einir góðir skógvara good pair of shoes

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)

  1. one (1)
    ein maður og tvær kvinnurone man and two women
    ein kvinna og tveir mennone woman and two men
    einar buksur og tveir skógvarone pair of trousers and two pair of shoes
    ein dagin
    one day, someday

Usage notes

When counting, use the neuter forms: eitt, tvey, trý, ...

Adjective

ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)

  1. same
    Teir fóru allir ein veg.
    They all went the same way.
  2. alone
    Hon sat í borgin ein.
    She sat in the castle alone.
  3. approximate
    einar hundrað krónurapproximately 100 kroner

Pronoun

ein (neuter eitt)

  1. one
    ein sigurone says

Derived terms

  • ein og hvør (everybody)
  • eitt nú (for instance)

Finnish

Noun

ein

  1. Instructive plural form of ee.

Anagrams


German

Alternative forms

  • ain (for the article, dated)
  • 'n (for the article, in informal writing)
  • Ein (for the numeral)
  • éin (for the numeral, rare)

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)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Numeral

ein m or n

  1. one
    Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.
    I had ordered just one beer.

Usage notes

  • In counting, the form eins is used: eins zu null (one–nil) (sport result). The name of the number one, as a noun, is Eins.
  • In order to distinguish the numeral ("one") from the indefinite article ("a, an"), the former may be printed in italics: Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.

Article

ein m or n

  1. a, an
    ein Manna man
    eine Fraua woman
    ein Kinda child

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
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative ein eine ein
genitive eines einer eines
dative einem einer einem
accusative einen eine ein

Coordinate terms

Adjective

ein (not comparable)

  1. (predicative) on

Anagrams


German Low German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/

Article

ein m or n (indefinite article)

  1. Alternative spelling of en (a, an)

Numeral

ein

  1. Alternative spelling of en (one (1))

Icelandic

Adverb

ein

  1. alone
    Hún er ein.
    She is alone.

Numeral

ein

  1. inflection of einn:
    1. nominative neuter singular
    2. nominative and accusative neuter plural

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

ein

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えいん

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)

Numeral

ein m (feminine ei, neuter eitt, stressed masculine éin, stressed feminine éi)

  1. (cardinal) one (cardinal number 1)

Derived terms

Article

ein m (indefinite singular feminine ei, indefinite singular neuter eit, definite singular -en, indefinite plural -ar, definite plural -ane)

  1. Indefinite singular article for masculine nouns.
  2. a, an (indefinite article)
    Eg skal selja ein båt.
    I am going to sell a boat.
    Ein raud blome.
    A red flower.

Pronoun

ein

  1. one (impersonal pronoun)
  2. one (indefinite personal pronoun)
    Ein skal ikkje tru på alt ein høyrer.
    One should not believe everything one is told.
  3. someone
    Eg kjenner ein som kan spela trombone.
    I know someone who can play the trombone.

Adverb

ein

  1. circa, approximately, about
    Det ligg ein to-tre kilometer unna.
    It lies about two to three kilometres away.

See also

  • en (Bokmål)

References


Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers
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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.

Numeral

ein

  1. (cardinal) one

Adverb

ein

  1. only

Descendants

  • Middle High German: ein
    • Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
    • Bavarian: a
      Cimbrian: ummaz, òan
    • Central Franconian:
      Ripuarian: ne
    • East Central German: ä, e
    • German: ein
    • Luxembourgish: een
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Hessian: e
    • Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yn.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ei̯n/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ən/

Determiner

ein

  1. our
    ein gwladour land
  2. us (as the object of a verbal noun)
    ein gweldto see us

Usage notes

Ni is sometimes added after the noun.


West Frisian

Noun

ein c (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

  1. duck
Further reading
  • ein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

ein c or n (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

  1. end
Further reading
  • ein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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