puin
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poyn, further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pœy̯n/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œy̯n
Noun
puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)
- rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material
- (usually in the plural) ruins
- 1914, Theo van Doesburg, De oorlog:
- De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.
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Finnish
Declension
Inflection of puin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, k- gradation) | |||
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nominative | puin | pukimet | |
genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten | |
partitive | puinta | pukimia | |
illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | puin | pukimet | |
accusative | nom. | puin | pukimet |
gen. | pukimen | ||
genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten | |
partitive | puinta | pukimia | |
inessive | pukimessa | pukimissa | |
elative | pukimesta | pukimista | |
illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | |
adessive | pukimella | pukimilla | |
ablative | pukimelta | pukimilta | |
allative | pukimelle | pukimille | |
essive | pukimena | pukimina | |
translative | pukimeksi | pukimiksi | |
instructive | — | pukimin | |
abessive | pukimetta | pukimitta | |
comitative | — | pukimineen |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
puin
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