en

Abbreviation.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛn/, /i.ɛn/

en

1. English

The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

• (UK, US) enPR: ĕn, IPA^(key): /ɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ɪn/
  • Homophones: in, inn

en (plural ens)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

• (typography): en dash
• (typography): en quad
• (typography): en space
• ennage

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

From French.

• (imitating the French pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɑ̃], [õ]
• (anglicised) IPA^(key): /ɒn/, /ɑn/

en

1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

• -ne-, NE, Ne., ne, ne., né, nê

From Dutch en.

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ən/

en

1. and

   Ek sit en drink koeldrank ― I sit and drink a cold drink.

2. well

   En? ― well?

From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Cognate with German ein, German Low German en, ein, Dutch een, English one, Icelandic einn, Swedish en.

• IPA^(key): /ən/

en m

1. (indefinite) a, an

• Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

From Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

en

1. in

• The preposition en contracts to n' before a word beginning with a vowel or h-: n'Asturies (in Asturias), n'honor (in honor)

en

1. e (preposition "in") + un (indefinite article "a(n)")
2. e (preposition "in") + an (definite article "the")

• (Central) IPA^(key): /ən/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /en/

From the final syllable of Latin domine (“Mister”).

en m sg (elided n', feminine na)

1. (Eastern Catalan) Personal article used before masculine given names instead of the definite article el.

• While this article (and its feminine counterpart na) is standard in Balearic Catalan, in other Eastern Catalan dialects its use is waning, and the elided of the definite article, l', is used before names beginning with vowels. There is no plural personal article, so the plural definite article els is used in all dialects.

• can (contraction of ca and ne)

From Old Occitan, from Latin in (“in, inside”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

en

1. in

From Latin inde (“thence”). Compare French en.

en (proclitic, contracted n', enclitic ne, contracted enclitic 'n)

1. Represents an indeterminate number or quantity of a given noun.
2. Represents a place (associated with the action described by the verb) that would be introduced by the preposition de.
3. Replaces a phrase introduced by the preposition de.
4. Replaces the object of a causative verb.

• En cannot be used more than once as the object of a given verb.
• While en is usually used to replace phrases beginning with the prepostion de, adverbial phrases (e.g., de pressa) are replaced with hi.
• En is sometimes used instead of ho to replace an adjective or indefinite noun as the predicate of a verb.
• En is sometimes used popularly to add emphasis to a sentence: in this sense, it has no translation in English.

• hi
• ho

• “en” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old High German in.

• on, ön (Eifel)

• IPA^(key): /en/

en

1. (most dialects) in; into

en

1. (most dialects) in

From Old High German indi.

• on, un (predominant)

• IPA^(key): /en/

en

1. (some western dialects) and

From Old High German ein.

• e (neuter and in some dialects masculine, before non-dental consonants)

• IPA^(key): /ən/

en (indefinite)

1. (most dialects) feminine nominative and accusative
2. (most dialects) neuter nominative and accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
3. (some dialects) masculine nominative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
4. (some dialects) masculine accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants

• IPA^(key): /ən/

en (personal, reduced)

1. (most dialects) him; masculine accusative
2. (some dialects) he; masculine nominative
3. (most dialects) them; plural dative

en

1. Alternative form of in (“him”)

• “en” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

en

1. Second-person singular pronoun; you

en (plural ekkan)

1. this (not in possession of the speaker)

en

1. width

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛn]

en n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

• en in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• en in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• in

From Latin in.

en

1. in

• nel, nei, nela

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /en/, [en], (stressed) [ˈenˀ]

en (neuter et)

1. a, an

en (neuter et)

1. (cardinal) one

en or én (neuter et or ét, definite ene)

1. one

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Stressed: IPA^(key): /ɛn/
• Unstressed: IPA^(key): /ən/

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From Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch ande, inde, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí.

en

1. and

   De oude man en de zee. ― The Old Man and the Sea.

2. well, so

   En, hoe gaat het ermee? ― Well, how're you doing?

   En? ― Well?

   En, wat zou dat? ― So what?

3. (mathematics) plus, and

   Drie en vier is zeven. ― Three plus four is seven.

• ende (archaic)

• Afrikaans: en

• dus
• maar
• of

From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

en

1. (obsolete) (en ... niet) not
   • "Herr Halewyn", A.H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Horae Belgicae, page 41.

     ‘Uw zoon heer Halewyn is gaen jagen, / g’ en ziet hem weêr uw levens dagen.’

     'Your son Lord Halewyn has gone hunting / you won't see him again for the rest of your life.'

   ...dat aldaer binnen Utrecht niet meer geacht ende respecteert en wordt, ... ― that in Utrecht is no longer valued and respected...

• ne

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• IPA^(key): /en/
• Hyphenation: en

en

1. in, within, inside

   Ĝi estas en la domo. ― It is in (within, inside) the house.

2. into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)

   Li iras en la domon. ― He goes into the house.

• ene

From Old Portuguese en, from Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

en

1. in
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 2: Númerus:

     Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu: […]

     As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as: […]

• IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
• Hyphenation: en

en

1. The first-person singular form of the negation verb. The English translations include do not/don’t and not (with auxiliary verbs and be).

• The negative verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.

• Usage of en:

• Indicative:

• Minä näen. (I see.) -> Minä en näe. (I do not see.)
• Minä näin. (I saw.) -> Minä en nähnyt. (I did not see.)
• Minä olen nähnyt. (I have seen.) -> Minä en ole nähnyt. (I have not seen.)
• Minä olin nähnyt. (I had seen.) -> Minä en ollut nähnyt. (I had not seen.)

• Conditional:

• Minä näkisin. (I would see.) -> Minä en näkisi. (I would not see.)
• Minä olisin nähnyt. (I would have seen.) -> Minä en olisi nähnyt. (I would not have seen.)

• Potential:

• Minä nähnen. (I probably see.) -> Minä en nähne. (I probably do not see.)
• Minä lienen nähnyt. (I have probably seen.) -> Minä en liene nähnyt. (I have probably not seen.)

• The negation verb has no infinitive form.
• Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
• In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
• An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.

person	indicative mood	imperative mood	optative mood
1st sing.	en	(älkääni, älkäämi)	(ällön)
2nd sing.	et	älä	(ällös)
3rd sing.	ei	älköön	(älköön)
1st plur.	emme	älkäämme	(älköömme)
2nd plur.	ette	älkää	(älköötte)
3rd plur.	eivät	älkööt	(älkööt)

• -ne, ne

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

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• Homophone: an
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

From Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

en

1. in (used to indicate space)

   J'habite en Angleterre. ― I live in England.

2. by (used to indicate means)

   aller en bus ― go by bus

   partir en voiture ― leave by car

3. as

   Il me traite en ami. ― He treats me as a friend.

   habillé en père Noël ― dressed as Father Christmas

4. at (used to describe an ability)

   fort en histoire ― good at history

5. of, made of (used to describe composition)

   une chaise en hêtre ― a chair made of beech/a beech chair

   une fourchette en métal ― a fork made of metal/a metal fork

6. in (during the following time (used for months and years))

   en 1993 ― in 1993

   en janvier ― in January

   en septembre 2001 ― in September 2001

7. (followed by a gerund) while
8. (followed by a gerund) by, in (describing a way of getting something)

   C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. ― It was by cheating that he became champion.

9. in (used to describe color)

   une photo en noir et blanc ― a photo in black and white

10. in (used to describe feelings)

    en détresse ― in distress

    en bonne humeur ― in a good mood

11. in (as part of something)

    en équipe ― on a team

En in the sense of while is often not translated into English.

• “en” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin inde (“thence”). Compare Catalan en, Italian ne

en

1. Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)

   Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois.

   How many books do you have? I have three (of them).

   Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup.

   Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).

   Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux.

   Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).

   Il y en a combien ?

   How many of them are there?

   Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin

   I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.

2. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned.

   Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient.

   Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.

• N.-É., NE, NÉ, ne, né

From Old Portuguese en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

en

1. in

The preposition en contracts to n- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners algún and outro.

• na, nas, no, nos
• nalgún, nalgunha, nalgunhas, nalgúns
• nel, nela, nelas, neles
• neste, nesta, nestes, nestas
• noutra, noutras, noutro, noutros
• nun, nunha, nunhas, nuns

• 'n, -'n
• (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) een
• (in some dialects) ein

From Old Saxon ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Dutch een, German ein, West Frisian ien, English one.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈeːn/, /ˈæɪ̯n/, /ˈeːɪ̯n/

en m or n (indefinite article)

1. (in some dialects) a, an

en

1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) one (1)

• Dutch Low Saxon: een
• Plautdietsch een, (cardinal number) eent

From French un (“one”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

en

1. one

• youn

• zewo 0
• de 2
• twa 3
• kat 4
• senk 5
• sis 6
• sèt 7
• uit 8
• nèf 9
• dis 10
• san 100

• IPA^(key): /n̩/, /eːn/

en (indefinite)

1. a, an

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

en

1. how

   Nei, Elín? En gaman að sjá þig! ― Elín? How good to see you!

en

1. but

   Bjóðum Önnu en ekki Björk. ― Let's invite Anna but not Björk.

   Ég ætla að fá brauð en ekki mjólk. ― I'll have bread but not milk.

2. than (with an adjective in the comparative)

   Ég er betri en bróðir minn. ― I'm better than my brother.

• Sometimes Icelandic uses en where English would use and:

  Jón var sonur hans, en Ása dóttir.

  John was his son, and Ása his daughter.

  "Veðrið var ekki gott framan af: rigning á fjallinu, en þoka í byggð."

  Rannsókn embættis sérstaks saksóknara á meintum innherjasvikum Baldurs Guðlaugssonar stóð yfir í rúmlega ár, en FME kærði málið með bréfi til embættisins hinn 9. júlí á síðasta ári.[1]

• In the sentence

  Hún er skemmtilegri en ég.

  She is more fun than I am.

the word en (“than”) may be omitted, and the subject (which is ég (“I”) in this example) may be used in the dative case.

Hún er skemmtilegri mér.

Now the sentence has the same meaning, only much more formal. In order to make the sentence more casual- one can reposition the subject (in the dative).

Hún er mér skemmtilegri.

From French en, Spanish en, from Latin in, inde from Proto-Indo-European *én (“in”).

• IPA^(key): /en/

en

1. in

en

1. Rōmaji transcription of えん

From Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

en

1. the

Cognate to Dutch en (“and”). Compare English and.

en

1. and
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     Hai waz nît tevrêde täus en […]

     He was not content at home and […]

From Portuguese em.

en

1. in

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔäń (˜x-) ("wave").

en (plural ēnaŋ)

1. wave

en

1. plural of ei

From English and.

en

1. and

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːn/

ēn

1. lookǃ beholdǃ (presenting something in a lively or indignant manner)
2. reallyǃ? (surprise or anger in questions)
3. c'monǃ (exhortation to action in imperatives)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]

en (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter N.

• Multiple Latin names for the letter N, n have been suggested. The most common is en or a syllabic n, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, nē, ən, nə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιννε (inne).

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• en in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• en in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

• IPA^(key): [ɛn]

en m (invariable)

1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter N/n.

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

en

1. in

When followed by an article, en is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

• AEDLL

en

1. first-person dual present of ij

From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

• IPA^(key): /en/, [ən]
• Rhymes: -ən

en m or n

1. Indefinite article; a, an

   Ech droen en Hutt wann et reent. ― I wear a hat when it rains.

   Hues du e bloe Stëft? ― Do you have a blue pen?

en

1. unstressed form of hien

   Hues de n e gefrot? ― Have you asked him?

2. unstressed form of hinnen

   Ech hunn et e gesot. ― I told it them

• Due to the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

en

1. Nonstandard spelling of ēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of én.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ěn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of èn.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /en/

en

1. Alternative form of ende

en

1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

From Old French [Term?], from Latin in.

en

1. on; on to

• French: en

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”).

Unknown, possibly IPA^(key): /ɛn/ or IPA^(key): /ən/.

en m

1. not; negates a verb, usage is facultative if it leads to a double negative

   Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.

   Nobody shall [not] sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...

2. unless

   Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.

   Nobody shall sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...

• ne (older, Eastphalian)

en

1. to stand

• http://webdoc.ubn.ru.nl/mono/h/haude_k/gramofmo.pdf
• http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2007-indiv-prob.en.pdf

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːn/ - (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /ən/ - (unstressed)

en m (feminine ei, neuter et)

1. a, an (indefinite article)

en m (feminine ei, neuter ett, stressed form én)

1. one

• ein (Nynorsk)

• “en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• in (10th century)

From Latin in.

• IPA^(key): /ẽn/

en

1. in; inside
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Et pour ce qu’il se complaint moult de froit et horipilacion, pour ce au commencement on luy doit mettre les piés et les mains en eaue chaulde

     And if he complains about cold and shivers, to start with one must put his feet and is hands in hot water

2. on; upon
   • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     qi en la crois fu mis

     [He] who was put on the cross

3. in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)

   en paine ― in pain

4. in (indicates a language)

   en latin ― in Latin

• Middle French: en
  • French: en
• Norman: en

• ān

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

en m

1. (cardinal) one

   ēn skilling ― one shilling

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: een m, ian f or n

  Helgoland: iaan, jaan

  Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n

  Sylt: jen

  Wiedingharde: aarn m, iin f or n

• Saterland Frisian: aan, een
• West Frisian: ien

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

en

1. in

• endo

• Latin: in

en

1. but
2. (as a copulative): and
3. than

• (and): ok
• (than): an

• en in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

en

1. of it; of them
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la lauzeta mover

     Ailas! Tan cuidava saber
     D'amor, e tan petit en sai,

     Alas! I thought I knew so much
     about love, and I know so little [of it]!

From Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈẽ/

en

1. in
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

• Fala: en
• Galician: en
• Portuguese: em

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːn/

en m

1. one
   • thoh uui hēr te meti habdin garu im te geƀanne sō uui mahtin fargelden mēst tueho uuāri is noh than that iro ēnig thar ēnes gināmi

     Though we had food that we should buy to give him. The most doubt is still there that anyone once felt

     (Heliand, verse 2637)

en m

1. a, an (rarely used)

• Middle Low German: ên, ein
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: een (Hamburger)
    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: åine

      Sauerländisch: ên

      Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne

  • Plautdietsch: een

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

ēn m or f

1. one

Compare German ein.

en (indefinite)

1. a, an

Contraction of earlier êden, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ́n/
• Tonal orthography: ȅn

èn

1. one

The form êden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position. When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form êna is normally used.

• enôta

From Old Spanish en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

• IPA^(key): /en/, [ẽn]
• Rhymes: -en

en

1. in, at, on

   Estoy en casa.

   I'm at home.

   Estoy sentado en la computadora.

   I'm sitting at the computer.

   en esta página

   on this page

   en la caja en la mesa

   in the box on the table

2. in (a time)

   en la antigüedad

   in antiquity

   en 1999

   in 1999

3. in (a language)

   No conozco esta palabra en francés.

   I don't know this word in French.

   en todos los idiomas

   in all languages

4. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English

   Pienso en tí.

   I'm thinking of you.

5. in (in various expressions)

   en el sentido

   in the sense

   en nuestro afán

   in our eagerness

From older hem, from English him.

• hem (obsolete)

en

1. Third-person singular possessive determiner/pronoun; his, her, its

en

1. Third-person singular object pronoun; him, her, it
2. Contrastive variant of a; he, she, it.

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛnː/
• Homophones: än, N, n

en (genitive ens)

1. one; object form of man (=one)

   Det man inte vet skadar en inte

   What one doesn’t know doesn’t hurt one.

2. one (see usage notes)

En has in recent years been used as a more gender-conscious alternative to the impersonal pronoun man. The development is in some ways parallel to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. Usage is common among certain speaker groups, but not universally acknowledged in the standard language. Previously it has also been used in some dialects.

• IPA^(key): (not before g) /ɛnː/, IPA^(key): (before g) /ɛŋː/
• Homophones: än, N, n

en (neuter ett)

1. (cardinal) one

en c (neuter ett)

1. the indefinite article: a, an.