ein

From Latin unus.

ein (feminine eine, plural des, negative de)

1. a, an

ein

1. plural of oan

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/

ein m (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

ein n (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

ein

1. Alternative spelling of een : one (1)

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.

• IPA^(key): /ain/

ein (neuter eitt)

1. a, an

   ein góður maður ― a good man

   ein góð kvinna ― a good woman

   eitt gott barn ― a good child

   einir góðir skógvar ― a good pair of shoes

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one (1)

   ein maður og tvær kvinnur ― one man and two women

   ein kvinna og tveir menn ― one woman and two men

   einar buksur og tveir skógvar ― one pair of trousers and two pair of shoes

   ein dagin

   one day, someday

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

ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)

1. same

   Teir fóru allir ein veg.

   They all went the same way.

2. alone

   Hon sat í borgin ein.

   She sat in the castle alone.

3. approximate

   einar hundrað krónur ― approximately 100 kroner

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one

   ein sigur ― one says

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

ein

1. instructive plural of ee

• -ine, ien

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.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯n/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ən/, /n̩/ (for the article, chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /aɛ̯n/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

ein m or n

1. (cardinal number) one

   Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.

   I had ordered just one beer.

2. the same

   Synonym: derselbe

   Als wir klein waren, schliefen mein Bruder und ich in einem Bett.

   When we were little, my brother and I slept in the same bed.

• 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 (which is stressed in pronunciation) may be printed in italics or with increased letterspacing:

  Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.

  Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.

• ein can stay uninflected as in ein oder zwei Wochen (“one or two weeks”), ein bis zwei Wochen (“one to two weeks”)
• ein can be governed by the definite article to mean "the one": Ich hatte nur das eine Bier bestellt. (“I had ordered just the one beer.”)

• Ein
• éin (rare, nonstandard)

ein m or n

1. a, an

   ein Mann ― a man

   eine Frau ― a woman

   ein Kind ― a child

• 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 (though compare modern colloquial ei'm) 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.

• ain (dated)
• 'n (informal)

• einer

Related to in (like also ein-), from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én. Compare English in-.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

ein (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. (predicative only) on

   Synonyms: eingeschaltet, an, angeschaltet

   Antonyms: aus, ausgeschaltet

   Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?)

   Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.)

Indeclinable, predicative-only.

• “ein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “ein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “ein” in Duden online
•   ein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• nie

• ain
• een
• en

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈaɪ̯n/

ein m or n (indefinite article)

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

ein

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːn/

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ein

1. alone

   Hún er ein.

   She is alone.

ein

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

• nei

• IPA^(key): /ɛnʲ/

ein

1. The name of the Latin-script letter n/N.

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

ein

1. Rōmaji transcription of えいん

From Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos, possibly from *éy + *-nós.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɛi̯n/

ein

1. (cardinal number) one

ein

1. a, an
2. (in the plural) some

• It can also be declined weakly after a definitive article.

• 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: een, ein (Kölsch; Westerwald), ään (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • Hunsrik: een
  • Luxembourgish: een
• East Central German: ä, e
• German: ein
• Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
• Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ein”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

• einn (alternative spelling)

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Akin to English one, an.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪːn/, [ɛ̝ɪ̯ːn], [æɪ̯ːn]
• (South West, Setesdal) IPA^(key): [a̝e̯ːn]
• (North West) IPA^(key): [ɛ̞ɪ̯ɲː], [æi̯ɲː]

éin m (feminine éi, neuter eitt)

1. one (cardinal number 1)

• eindimensjonal
• einføtt
• einstøing

ein m (indefinite singular feminine ei, indefinite singular neuter eit)

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

   Eg skal selja ein båt.

   I am going to sell a boat.

   Ein raud blome.

   A red flower.

ein (genitive eins)

1. one (indefinite personal pronoun)

   Ein skal ikkje tru på alt ein høyrer.

   One should not believe everything one is told.

2. someone

   Eg kjenner ein som kan spela trombone.

   I know someone who can play the trombone.

ein

1. circa, approximately, about

   Synonym: ei

   Det ligg ein to-tre kilometer unna.

   It lies about two to three kilometres away.

• “ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• i-en, Ine, nei, nie

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːi̯n/, [ˈɛːɪ̯n]

ēin

1. Alternative form of āin

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

• ain

From Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos, possibly from *éy + *-nós.

Cognate with Old English ān, Old Norse einn.

ein

1. one

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• nein

ein

1. only

• 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: een, ein (Kölsch; Westerwald), ään (eastern Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: een
    • Luxembourgish: een
  • East Central German: ä, e
  • German: ein
  • Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
  • Yiddish: איין (eyn), אַ (a), אַן (an)

ein

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

• 'n

From Middle Welsh yn, an, from Old Welsh an. Compare Breton hon.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ei̯n/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ən/
• Rhymes: -ei̯n

ein (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

1. our

   Buodd ein ci a’n cath yn gyfeillion pennaf.

   Our dog and our cat were best friends.

ein (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

1. us (as the direct object of a verbal noun)

   Os oes problem, cofiwch ein hysbysu i’n helpu i’w datrys yn gyflym.

   If there is a problem, remember to inform us to help us to solve it quickly.

• Ni is often added after the noun or verbnoun which ein precedes. In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where ni is never used.
• In formal Welsh, the contraction 'n is a valid form of ein found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, ein is often contracted to 'n after almost any vowel-final word.
• Pronomial ein or 'n can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'n is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for 'n for more information.
• The colloquial pronunciation /ən/ is the original pronunciation, as shown by the Middle Welsh form yn. The more careful pronunciation /ei̯n/ is a later spelling pronunciation.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ein”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ai̯n/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /ɛi̯n/

ein c (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

1. duck

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

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

ein c or n (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)

1. end

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

ein

1. Alternative form of ieen (“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, published 1867, page 38