Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word een. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in een.
Definitions and meaning of een
een
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /iːn/
Etymology 1
Noun
een
(archaic and Scotland, Northern England)plural of eye
References
een in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From a contraction of even.
Adverb
een (not comparable)
(dialectal, Northern England) even.
Etymology 3
From even(“evening”).
Noun
een (pluraleens)
(poetic or dialectal, Scotland) evening.
Synonyms
eve, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
Anagrams
-ene, ENE, Nee, nee, née
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutcheen, from Middle Dutcheen, from Old Dutchēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic*ain, from Proto-Germanic*ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European*óynos.
Numeral
een
one
Derived terms
Anagrams
nee
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchêen, from Old Dutchēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic*ain, from Proto-Germanic*ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European*óynos.
Pronunciation 1
IPA(key): /ən/
Hyphenation: een
Rhymes: -ən
Article
een (contracted form'n)
(indefinite article)Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.
Pronunciation 2
IPA(key): /eːn/
(Belgium) IPA(key): [eːn]
(Netherlands) IPA(key): [eɪ̯n]
Hyphenation: een
Rhymes: -eːn
Numeral
een
one
Derived terms
See also
één
Usage notes
When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number or the indefinite article, the former is written with acute accents: één(“one”). In all other cases it is written without. For example, een van die is “one of those”. But een appel could mean both “one apple” and “an apple”, so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
Examples
Een hoed: a hat; een oor; an ear.
Eén voor allen, allen voor één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of The Three Musketeers.)
Anagrams
ene, nee
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ən/
Article
eenm (indefinite article)
(Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, Urkers, Veluws) a, an
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
(numeral: one): een, ein, ain, ien
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːn/
Numeral
een
(Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Twents, Veluws) one (1)
Further reading
1 (getal) on the Dutch Low Saxon Wikipedia.Wikipedia nds-nl
Usage notes
When it is unclear from the context whether een 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'. But een appel can mean both 'one apple' and 'an apple', so if the former is intended one would write één appel.
Finnish
Noun
een
genitive singular of ee
Anagrams
nee
German Low German
Alternative forms
(in other dialects, including Low Prussian)en
(in some dialects)ein
(East Pomeranian)ain
(for others, see en)
Article
eenm or n
(in some dialects, including Low Prussian)Alternative spelling of en : a, an
Numeral
een
(in some dialects)Alternative spelling of en : one (1)
Coordinate terms
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Old High Germanein, from Proto-West Germanic*ain, from Proto-Germanic*ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European*óynos.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːn/
Numeral
een
one
Further reading
Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːn/
Rhymes: -eːn
Pronoun
een
(indefinite) one
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic*ain, from Proto-Germanic*ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European*óynos.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eɛ̯n/
Article
êen
a (indefinite article)
a certain (before people's names)
Inflection
This article needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: een, 'n (/ən/)
Zealandic: 'n
Numeral
êen
one
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: een (/eːn/)
Limburgish: ein
Zealandic: eên
Pronoun
êen
one, someone, a certain person
Synonym:iemen
something
one (indefinite)
Synonym:men
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
“een (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“een (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“een (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “een (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “een (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “een (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianēn.
Numeral
een (m.) (f. or n. ian)
(Föhr-Amrum)one
Coordinate terms
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈeːn/, [ˈɛːn]
Numeral
een
Late Old Frisian spelling of ēn
Article
een
Late Old Frisian spelling of ēn
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːn/
Numeral
een
feminine of aan
neuter of aan
Article
een
feminine of aan
neuter of aan
References
“een” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
Scots
Etymology 1
Noun
een
plural of ee
Etymology 2
Numeral
een
Doric form of ane(“one”)
Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishende, from Old Englishende, from Proto-West Germanic*andī.
Alternative forms
eene
Noun
een
the end
Etymology 2
From Middle Englisheie, from Old Englishēage, from Proto-West Germanic*augā.
Alternative forms
ein
Noun
een
eyes
References
Jacob Poole (1867) , 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, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN