einn

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstur

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bokmål en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eitn/

Numeral

einn m, ein f, eitt n

  1. one; the cardinal number after núll (zero) and before tveir (two).
  2. accusative masculine singular form of einn

Declension

Numerals
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative einn ein eitt einir einar ein
accusative einn eina eitt eina einar ein
dative einum einni einu einum einum einum
genitive eins einnar eins einna einna einna

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

einn

  1. alone

Derived terms

Anagrams


Old Norse

Old Norse cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstr
    Multiplier : einfaldr
    Distributive : einfaldliga
    Fractional : heill

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).

Numeral

einn

  1. one

Pronoun

einn

  1. one
  2. (pl) some, a few

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: en
    Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Danish: en
  • Elfdalian: ien
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en
  • Westrobothnian: ejn, ajn

References

  • einn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "einn" on page 108 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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