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( archaic andScotland , Northern England ) plural ofeye 1902 , John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide :But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were theeen of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
“een ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC . Bill Griffiths , editor (2004 ), “een”, inA Dictionary of North East Dialect , Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear:Northumbria University Press ,→ISBN .From a contraction ofeven .
een (notcomparable )
( dialectal , Northern England ) even .Fromeven ( “ evening ” ) .
een (plural eens )
( poetic ordialectal , Scotland ) evening .FromDutch een , fromMiddle Dutch een , fromOld Dutch ēn ,ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁óynos .
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one FromMiddle High German ein , fromOld High German ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁óynos , possibly from*éy .
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( Ripuarian , westernMoselle Franconian ) one Loß mich der nureen Frooch stelle. Let me ask you justone question. Wanns de keene Steff häs, kann ich dereener jevve. If you don't have a pencil, I can give youone . Nominative/Accusative:Attributive:ee Mann oreene Mann ,een Frau ,ee Kend . The formee becomeseen before vowels and optionally elsewhere, whereas the feminine is alwayseen . Independent without determiner:eener oreene m ,een f ,eent or (younger)eens n . Independent with determiner:dä/die/dat een ordä/die/dat eene . Dative:Without determiner:eenem Mann ,eener Frau ,eenem Kend . With determiner:däm eene m /n ,dä eene ordär eener f . Eastern Moselle Franconian distinguishes masculine nominative and accusative. Masculineää, ääner are nominative, whereas masculineääne is accusative. Westernmost Ripuarian has no dative forms. Moreover it uses the velarised stemeng- before vocalic endings and always in the feminine. FromMiddle Dutch êen , fromOld Dutch ēn ,ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁óynos .
een (contracted form 'n ,definite de or het )
a ,an ;indefinite article , placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thingIk beneen man. ―I ama man.
Berbice Creole Dutch:en Negerhollands:een Jersey Dutch:ên ,en Skepi Creole Dutch:aen een (emphasized form één )
one Hij heeft geenéén taak afgekregen. ―He didn't get evenone task done. Ik hoop tegenenen klaar te zijn. ―I hope to be finished byone [o'clock]. Hij gaat in zijneentje zwemmen. ―He goes swimming alone. (literally, “He goes swimming in hisone . ”)een f (plural enen ,diminutive eentje n )
one ( digit or figure 1 ) one ( use or instance of the number 1 ) Ik had eeneen voor mijn geschiedenistoets. ―I got aone for my history exam. When it is unclear from the context whethereen is the number (pronounced/eːn/ ) or the indefinite article (pronounced/ən/ ), the former is written with acute accents:één ( “ one ” ) . In all other cases it is written without. For example,een van die unambiguously means “one of those”, so it is written without acute accents. However,een appel could mean both “one apple” and “an apple”, so if the former is intended one would writeéén appel .
When only the first letter oféén is capitalised, the acute accent is usually dropped from the upper case E: Eén.
Examples Een hoed : a hat;een oor ; an ear.Eén voor allen, allen vooréén : one for all, all for one. (The motto ofThe Three Musketeers .)een m (indefinite article )
( Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, Urkers, Veluws ) a ,an een
( Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Twents, Veluws ) one (1)Een hoed : a hat;een ore ; an ear.Eén veur allen, allen veuréén : one for all, all for one. (The motto ofThe Three Musketeers .)When it is unclear from the context whethereen is the number or the indefinite article, the former is written with acute accents:één . In all other cases it is written without. For example,een van die is 'one of those'. Buteen appel can mean both 'one apple' and 'an apple', so if the former is intended one would writeéén appel . een
genitive singular ofee ( in other dialects, including Low Prussian ) en ( in some dialects ) ein ( East Pomeranian ) ain (for others, seeen ) een m or n
( in some dialects, includingLow Prussian ) alternative spelling ofen :a ,an een
( in some dialects ) alternative spelling ofen :one (1)Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward
FromCentral Franconian een , fromMiddle High German ein , fromOld High German ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁óynos , possibly from*éy .[ 1]
Cognate withGerman ein andLuxembourgish een .
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one een
Rōmaji transcription ofええん FromCentral Franconian een , fromMiddle High German ein , fromOld High German ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *h₁óynos , possibly from*éy .
een (masculine and neuter nominative/accusative )
one Du hues nëmmeneen Dag gewaart. You only waitedone day. Inflects like the indefinite articleen , which see. In counting (likeone, two, three ), the formeent is mostly used instead. een (indefinite, masculine nominative/accusative )
one (of a number)Ee vun iech muss dat dach wëssen!One of you must know this!someone ,anyone Wanneen no mir freet: ech sinn am Gaart. Ifsomeone asks for me: I’m in the garden. one ,you ( people in general ) Et musseen hautdesdaags oppasse, watee seet. You must be careful whatyou say these days.Becomeseent in the neuter. Otherwise inflects like the numeral. In sense 3, it does not usually appear in sentence-initial position. If necessary,et is used as a placeholder (as in the example above). FromOld Dutch ēn ,ein , fromProto-West Germanic *ain , fromProto-Germanic *ainaz , fromProto-Indo-European *óynos .
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a ( indefinite article ) acertain ( before people's names ) This article needs aninflection-table template .
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one This numeral needs aninflection-table template .
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one ,someone , a certainperson Synonym: iemen something one ( indefinite ) Synonym: men This pronoun needs aninflection-table template .
“een (I) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 “een (II) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 “een (III) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 Verwijs, E. ,Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “een (I) ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN , page IVerwijs, E. ,Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “een (II) ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN , page IIVerwijs, E. ,Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “een (III) ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN , page IIIFromOld Frisian ēn .
een m (feminine and neuter ian )
( Föhr-Amrum ) one Cardinal numbers from 1 till 99 (
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Late Old Frisian spelling ofēn een
Late Old Frisian spelling ofēn Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 )An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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feminine / neuter ofaan een
feminine / neuter ofaan Marron C. Fort (2015 ) “een ”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht , Buske,→ISBN een
plural ofee een
Doric Scots ,South Northern Scots , and Shetland form ofane ( “ one ” ) FromMiddle English eend , fromOld English ende , fromProto-West Germanic *andī .
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end Synonym: endeen 1867 ,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page37 :een
alternative form ofieen ( “ eyes ” ) Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page38