different between een vs feen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?n/

Etymology 1

Noun

een

1. (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)

1. (dialectal, Northern England) even.

Etymology 3

From even (“evening”).

Noun

een (plural eens)

1. (poetic or dialectal, Scotland) evening.

Synonyms

• eve, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening

Anagrams

• -ene, ENE, Nee, nee, née

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch een, from Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ?n, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Numeral

een

1. one

Derived terms

Anagrams

• nee

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ?n, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?n/
• Hyphenation: een
• Rhymes: -?n

Article

een (contracted form 'n)

1. (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): /e?n/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [e?n]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [e??n]
• Hyphenation: een
• Rhymes: -e?n

Numeral

een

1. one

Derived terms

See also

• één

Usage notes

When it is unclear from the context whether een is the number (pronounced /e?n/) or the indefinite article (pronounced /?n/), 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 write één appel.

When only the first letter of één 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 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): /?n/

Article

een m (indefinite article)

1. (Achterhoeks, Drents, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, Urkers, Veluws) a, an

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (numeral: one): een, ein, ain, ien

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?n/

Numeral

een

1. (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

1. 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

een m or n

1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative spelling of en : a, an

Numeral

een

1. (in some dialects) Alternative spelling of en : one (1)

Coordinate terms

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?n/

Numeral

een

1. one

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?n/
  • Rhymes: -e?n

Pronoun

een

1. (indefinite) one

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ?n, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??n/

Article

êen

1. a (indefinite article)
2. a certain (before people's names)

Inflection

This article needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: een, 'n (/?n/)
• Zealandic: 'n

Numeral

êen

1. one

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: een (/e?n/)
• Limburgish: ein
• Zealandic: eên

Pronoun

êen

1. one, someone, a certain person

   Synonym: iemen

2. something
3. 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 Frisian ?n.

Numeral

een (m.) (f. or n. ian)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) one

Coordinate terms

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n/, [???n]

Numeral

een

1. Late Old Frisian spelling of ?n

Article

een

1. Late Old Frisian spelling of ?n

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): /e?n/

Numeral

een

1. feminine of aan
2. neuter of aan

Article

een

1. feminine of aan
2. neuter of aan

References

• “een” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

Scots

Etymology 1

Noun

een

1. plural of ee

Etymology 2

Numeral

een

1. Doric form of ane (“one”)

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *and?.

Alternative forms

• eene

Noun

een

1. the end

Etymology 2

Noun

een

1. Alternative form of ieen (“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

English

Etymology

From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend.

Pronunciation

Verb

feen (third-person singular simple present feens, present participle feening, simple past and past participle feened)

1. (transitive, slang) To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire for.

See also

• jones (verb)

Anagrams

• eefn'

Danish

Noun

feen c

1. definite singular of fe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feen m

1. definite singular of fe