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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Article

ein (feminine eine, plural des, negative de)

1. a, an

Breton

Noun

ein

1. plural of oan

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n/, /?a??n/

Article

ein m (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Article

ein n (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Numeral

ein

1. Alternative spelling of een : one (1)

Faroese

Etymology

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

Article

ein (neuter eitt)

1. a, an

Declension

Numeral

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one (1)

Usage notes

When counting, use the neuter forms: eitt, tvey, trý, ...

Adjective

ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)

1. same

2. alone

3. approximate

Pronoun

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one

Derived terms

• ein og hvør (“everybody”)
• eitt nú (“for instance”)

Finnish

Noun

ein

1. Instructive plural form of ee.

Anagrams

• -ine, ien

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein.

Compare German Low German en, ein, Dutch een, English one, Danish en, Norwegian Nynorsk ein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??n/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /?n/, /n?/ (for the article, chiefly colloquial)
• Rhymes: -a??n

Numeral

ein m or n

1. one

Usage notes

• In counting, the form eins is used: eins zu null (“one–nil”) (sport result). The name of the number one, as a noun, is Eins.
• In order to distinguish the numeral ("one") from the indefinite article ("a, an"), the former may be printed in italics: Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.

Alternative forms

• Ein
• éin (rare, nonstandard)

Article

ein m or n

1. a, an

Usage notes

• In the vernacular, the diphthong ei- is usually not pronounced in the indefinite article, which gives rise to the informal contractions 'n, 'ne, 'nem, 'ner (dative), and 'nen. (There are no contracted genitive forms.)
• Earlier contracted forms which are not in use anymore are eim for einem and eins for eines (as in "eins Mann[e]s", "eins Kind[e]s"). Even older forms are ein for eine (as in ein Frau), einm for einem and einr for einer.

Alternative forms

• ain (dated)
• 'n (informal)

Declension

Coordinate terms

Related terms

• einer

Etymology 2

Related to in (like also ein-), from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h?én. Compare English in-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Adverb

ein

1. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something

   ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen

   derein, feldein, hafenein, herein, hierein, hinein, jahrein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein

   • 1843, Carl Friedrich Friccius, Geschichte des Krieges in den Jahren 1813 und 184. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Ostpreussen und das Königsbergsche Landwehrbataillon, page 418:

     Rund herum gerieth Alles in Flammen. Eine Menge Kugeln aus der Festung schlugen dicht neben, über und hinter uns, oder mit fürchterlichem Geprassel in den Wald ein; keine aber traf und der Himmel beschützte uns wunderbar.

Adjective

ein (not comparable)

1. (predicative) on

Synonyms

• eingeschaltet
• an
• angeschaltet

Antonyms

• aus
• ausgeschaltet

Anagrams

• nie

German Low German

Alternative forms

• ain
• een
• en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n/, /?a??n/

Article

ein m or n (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of en (“a, an”)

Numeral

ein

1. Alternative spelling of en (“one (1)”)

Icelandic

Adverb

ein

1. alone

Numeral

ein

1. inflection of einn:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Anagrams

• nei

Japanese

Romanization

ein

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Akin to English one, English an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??n/ (example of pronunciation)

Numeral

ein m (feminine ei, neuter eitt, stressed masculine éin, stressed feminine éi)

1. one (cardinal number 1)

Derived terms

• eindimensjonal
• einføtt
• einstøing

Article

ein m (indefinite singular feminine ei, indefinite singular neuter eit, definite singular -en, indefinite plural -ar, definite plural -ane)

1. Indefinite singular article for masculine nouns.
2. a, an (indefinite article)

Pronoun

ein (genitive eins)

1. one (impersonal pronoun)
2. one (indefinite personal pronoun)

3. someone

Adverb

ein

1. circa, approximately, about

See also

• en (Bokmål)

References

• “ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• i-en, Ine, nei, nie

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?i?n/, [?????n]

Adjective

?in

1. Alternative form of ?in

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ain

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ain, whence also Old English ?n, Old Norse einn.

Numeral

ein

1. one

Adverb

ein

1. only

Descendants

• Middle High German: ein
  • Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
  • Bavarian: a

    Cimbrian: a, an (“a, an”); òan, umm (“one”)

    Mòcheno: a (“a, an”); oa' (“one”)

  • Central Franconian: ne (Ripuarian)

    Ripuarian: ne

  • East Central German: ä, e
  • German: ein
  • Luxembourgish: een
  • Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
  • Yiddish: ????? (eyn), ??? (a), ???? (an)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• 'n

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yn.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ei?n/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?n/

Determiner

ein (causes h-prosthesis)

1. our

2. us (as the object of a verbal noun)

Usage notes

ni is sometimes added after the noun for emphasis.

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian *ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ai?n/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /?i?n/

Noun

ein c (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

1. duck

Further reading

• “ein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ein c or n (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

1. end

Further reading

• “ein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

ein

1. Alternative form of ieen (“eyes”)

English

Alternative forms

• aks, ax (standard until about 1600, now dialectal and no longer standard)

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???sk/
  • (Northern England, Scotland) IPA^(key): /?ask/
  • (multicultural London also) IPA^(key): /???ks/
• (US)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?æsk/
  • (NYC, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /e?sk/
  • (AAVE, Cajun, Nigeria) enPR: ?ks, IPA^(key): /?æks/
• Rhymes: -??sk, -æsk
• Homophones: ax, axe (some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English ?scian, from Proto-West Germanic *aisk?n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eys- (“to wish; request”), German eischen.

Verb

ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)

1. (transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.

3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

   • He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

4. To request or petition; usually with for.

   • Ask, and it shall be given you.

5. To request permission to do something.

6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

   • But in any Exigence of State, like that they are now pressed with, it certainly asks a much longer time to conduct any Design, for the Good of the Common-wealth, to its Maturity and Perfection.

7. To invite.

8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
9. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• Pronouncing ask as /æks/ is a common example of metathesis (attested since the Old English period) and still common in some varieties of English, notably African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
• The action expressed by the verb ask can also be expressed by the noun-verb combination pose a question.
• In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb ask had the form askest, and had askedst for its past tense.
• Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form asketh was used.

Hyponyms

• beg, beseech, demand, enquire, entreat, frain, implore, interrogate, petition, prompt, query, question, request, solicit, supplicate

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ask (plural asks)

1. An act or instance of asking.
2. Something asked or asked for.

   Synonym: request

   • 2008, Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers:

     Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.

3. An asking price.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aske, arske, from Old English ?þexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsij? (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).

Alternative forms

• asker, ascar, askerd, askard

Noun

ask (plural asks)

1. (Britain dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
2. (Britain dialectal) A lizard.
   • 1951, Malcolm Arthur Smith, The British Amphibians & Reptiles (page 258)

     We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).

Anagrams

• AKs, KAs, KSA, SKA, aks, kas, ska

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ask/

Noun

ask c (singular definite asken, plural indefinite aske)

1. common ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)

Declension

References

• “ask” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Alternative forms

• askur m

Etymology

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ask/

Noun

ask f (genitive singular askar, plural askir)

1. ash tree
2. ash wood

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

ask

1. indefinite accusative singular of askur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Noun

ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural asker, definite plural askene)

1. the European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior

References

• “ask” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz. Akin to English ash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk/

Noun

ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural askar, definite plural askane)

1. the European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior

References

• “ask” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k/

Noun

ask m

1. ash tree
2. spear

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: esk
  • Plautdietsch: Asch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?s- (“ash”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ask c

1. the European ash (tree) Fraxinus excelsior
2. a small box

   Synonyms: låda, skrin

Declension

Descendants

• ? Finnish: aski

Anagrams

• sak, ska