en

See also: Variations of "en"

en - Translingual

Symbol

en

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for English.

en - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɛn/, /ˈiː.ɛn/

Noun

en

  1. Abbreviation of English.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: ĕn, IPA: /ˈɛn/

Noun

en (plural ens)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.
    • The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Derived terms

Translations


Pronunciation

  • (imitating the French pronunciation) IPA: [ɑ̃], [õ]
  • (anglicised) IPA: /ɒn/, /ɑn/

Preposition

en

  1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən/

Pronoun

en

  1. (dialectal, Newfoundland) him
  2. (dialectal, Newfoundland) it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

Noun

en (plural ens)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.

Anagrams

en - Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈen/, [ˈʔɛn]

Verb

én

  1. (intransitive) be, exist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of en (highly irregular)

en - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛn/
    • (unstressed) IPA: /ən/

Conjunction

en

  1. and
    • Ek sit en drink koeldrankI sit and drink a cold drink.
  2. well
    • En?well?
See also: Variations of "en"

en - Ainu

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [e̞n]

Pronoun

en= (Kana spelling エン)

  1. me (first-person singular object pronoun)

en - Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən/

Article

en

  1. (indefinite) a, an

Declension

Zürich:

Singular
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominative enee (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)
Dative emeeneeme
Accusative enee (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)

Bern:

Singular
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominative e (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)e (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)es (before a consonant)
Dative emene
Accusative e (before a consonant)e (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)es (before a consonant) en (before a vowel)

en - Asturian

Preposition

en

  1. in

Usage notes

  • The preposition en contracts to n' before a word beginning with a vowel or h-: n'Asturies (in Asturias), n'honor (in honor)

Derived terms

en - Aukan

Noun

en

  1. and

en - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [en]

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enlər)

  1. width

Declension

    Declension of en
    Possessive forms of en

Derived terms

en - Breton

Contraction

en

  1. e (preposition "in") + un (indefinite article "a(n)")
  2. e (preposition "in") + an (definite article "the")

en - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Central) IPA: /ən/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /en/

Article

en m sg (elided n', feminine na)

  1. (Eastern Catalan) Personal article used before masculine given names instead of the definite article el.
    • En Pau i na Maria arribaran demà.
      • Pau and Maria will be arriving tomorrow.

Usage notes

  • While this article (and its feminine counterpart na) is standard in Balearic Catalan, in other Eastern Catalan dialects its use is waning, and the elided of the definite article, l', is used before names beginning with vowels. There is no plural personal article, so the plural definite article els is used in all dialects.

Derived terms

  • can (contraction of ca and ne)

Preposition

en

  1. in

Pronoun

en (proclitic, contracted n', enclitic ne, contracted enclitic 'n)

  1. Represents an indeterminate number or quantity of a given noun.
  2. Represents a place (associated with the action described by the verb) that would be introduced by the preposition de.
  3. Replaces a phrase introduced by the preposition de.
  4. Replaces the object of a causative verb.

Usage notes

  • en cannot be used more than once as the object of a given verb.
  • While en is usually used to replace phrases beginning with the preposition de, adverbial phrases (e.g., de pressa) are replaced with hi.
  • en is sometimes used instead of ho to replace an adjective or indefinite noun as the predicate of a verb.
  • en is sometimes used popularly to add emphasis to a sentence: in this sense, it has no translation in English.
  • en is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.

Declension

strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

en - Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/

Preposition

en

  1. (most dialects) in; into

Adverb

en

  1. (most dialects) in

Alternative forms

  • on, un (predominant)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/

Conjunction

en

  1. (some western dialects) and

Alternative forms

  • e (neuter and in some dialects masculine, before non-dental consonants)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən/

Article

en (indefinite)

  1. (most dialects) feminine nominative and accusative
  2. (most dialects) neuter nominative and accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
  3. (some dialects) masculine nominative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
  4. (some dialects) masculine accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən/

Pronoun

en (personal, reduced)

  1. (most dialects) him; masculine accusative
  2. (some dialects) he; masculine nominative
  3. (most dialects) them; plural dative

en - Chamorro

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/

Pronoun

en

  1. ye, you (plural)

Usage notes

en - Chuukese

Pronoun

en

  1. Second-person singular pronoun; you

Determiner

en (plural ekkan)

  1. this (not in possession of the speaker)

en - Cimbrian

Pronoun

en

  1. Alternative form of in (him)

en - Crimean Tatar

Noun

en

  1. width

en - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɛn]

Noun

en n (indeclinable)

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

en - Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Preposition

en

  1. in

en - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/, [en], (stressed) [ˈeːˀn]

Article

en (neuter et)

  1. a, an

Numeral

en (neuter et)

  1. one

Pronoun

en or én (neuter et or ét, definite ene)

  1. one

Usage notes

  • Used as the oblique form of the generic pronoun man:
    • Hvis ens lærer behandler en uretfærdigt, kan man klage til skolens leder
      • If one's teacher treats one unfairly, one can complain to the head of the school

en - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: /ɛn/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /ən/
  • Hyphenation: en

Conjunction

en

  1. and
    • De oude man en de zee.The Old Man and the Sea.
  2. well, so
    • En, hoe gaat het ermee?Well, how're you doing?
    • En?Well?
    • En, wat zou dat?So what?
  3. (mathematics) plus, and
    • Drie en vier is zeven.Three plus four is seven.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: en
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: an
  • Jersey Dutch: en
  • Negerhollands: en, an
  • Petjo: en
  • Sranan Tongo: èn

Adverb

en

  1. (now Belgium, colloquial, obsolete elsewhere) not (often with another negator, see usage notes)
    • ...dat aldaer binnen Utrecht niet meer geacht ende respecteert en wordt, ...that in Utrecht is no longer valued and respected...
  2. (obsolete) only, merely, no other than, none other than (together with maar)

Usage notes

  • In historical usage, en is always used directly before the finite verb. When used to negate it is commonly accompanied by another negator: gij en zult niet stelen (“thou shalt not steal”), en wat er niet en deugt (“and what is not of decent quality”), ik en zoude certein geen ander boelken kiezen (“I would certainly not choose another girlfriend”). Also when used as a stand-alone negator or when combined with maar, it still stands directly before the finite verb. Use of the particle does not trigger a change in the word order.
  • In Belgian Dutch it is still sometimes used in certain regional lects and in the tussentaal (informal registers influenced by both Standard Belgian Dutch and the regional lects). Details and frequency of use depend on what regional language variety influences a given speaker's idiom, as well as on the speaker's preferences.
    • In West Flemish usage broadly conforms to historical use: the negation particle may be used along with other negators, independentely or it may be omitted. It is also used as a stand-alone negator to contradict a previous statement that was phrased with positive polarity: Gij zegt dat 't Vlaams te niet zal gaan: / 't en zal! (“You say that Flemish will go extinct: / no, it won't!”)
    • In Belgian Brabantian it is frequently omitted, but it may also be used directly before another negator rather than before the finite verb: en niet.
  • In contemporary Netherlands Dutch the use of the particle is limited to old proverbs, such as wat baten kaars en bril als de uil niet zien en wil.

Anagrams

en - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [en]
  • Hyphenation: en

Preposition

en

  1. in, within, inside
    • Ĝi estas en la domo.It is in (within, inside) the house.
  2. into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)
    • Li iras en la domon.He goes into the house.

Derived terms

en - Fala

Alternative forms

  • in (Valverdeñu)

Preposition

en

  1. in

Usage notes

  • When followed by the articles u/o, a, us/os, as; it contracts to nu/no, na, nus/nos, nas respectively.
  • The form in is more common in Valverdeñu.

en - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
  • Syllabification: en

Verb

en

  1. first-person singular indicative of ei

Anagrams

en - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑ̃/, (before a vowel) /ɑ̃.n‿/
  • Homophones: an, ans

Preposition

en

  1. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
    • J'habite en Angleterre.I live in England.
  2. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
    • Il est allé en France.He went to France.
  3. by (used to indicate means)
    • aller en busgo by bus
    • partir en voitureleave by car
  4. as
    • Il me traite en ami.He treats me as a friend.
    • habillé en père Noëldressed as Father Christmas
  5. at (used to describe an ability)
    • fort en histoiregood at history
  6. of, made of (used to describe composition)
    • une chaise en hêtrea chair made of beech/a beech chair
    • une fourchette en métala fork made of metal/a metal fork
  7. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
    • en 1993in 1993
    • en janvierin January
    • en septembre 2001in September 2001
  8. (followed by a gerund) while
  9. (followed by a gerund) by, in (describing a way of getting something)
    • C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion.It was by cheating that he became champion.
  10. in (used to describe color)
    • une photo en noir et blanca photo in black and white
  11. in (used to describe feelings)
    • en détressein distress
  12. in (as part of something)
    • en équipeon a team

Usage notes

  • En in the sense of while is often not translated into English.
  • When referring to location in countries, provinces, or similar subdivisions in sense 1 and direction in sense 2, en must be used when the name for that very large location is either a feminine singular noun or a vowel-initial masculine singular noun. If the name for the very large location is a consonant-initial masculine singular noun, au is used, while if the name of the very large location is plural, aux is used.

Pronoun

en

  1. Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
    • Essaies-en !
      • Try some (of it / them)!
    • Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois.
      • How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
    • Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup.
      • Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
    • Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux.
      • Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
    • Il y en a combien ?
      • How many of them are there?
    • Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin
      • I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
  2. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
    • Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient.
      • Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
Number Person Gender Nominative (subject) Accusative (direct complement) Dative (indirect complement) Locative (at) Genitive (of) Disjunctive (tonic)
SingularFirst je, j’ me, m’ moi
Second tu te, t’ toi
ThirdMasculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1
Reflexive se, s’4 soi4
PluralFirst nous nous nous
Second vous2 vous2,3 vous2
ThirdMasculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
  • 1 Also used as the first person plural.
  • 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
  • 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
  • 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Anagrams

en - Fula

Pronoun

en

  1. first person plural inclusive pronoun;short form we

Usage notes

en - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eŋ/

Preposition

en

  1. in
  2. When preceding a verb or a complement of a verb it can denote a unfinished or continued action:
    • O Manuel vai na casaManuel went home (implying that eventually he'll be back)
    • María beberrica no licorMaría is sipping the liquor

Usage notes

  • The preposition en contracts to n- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners algún and outro.

Derived terms

in/on + the table
-SingularPlural
Masculinenonos
Femininenanas
in/on + indefinite article table
-Singular aPlural some
Masculinenunnuns
Femininenunhanunhas

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eŋ/

Adverb

en

  1. while; as soon as (followed by the gerund of a verb, expresses immediacy or simultaneity)
    • En chegando mudas a roupa molladaAs soon as you arrive change your wet clothes

en - German Low German

Alternative forms

  • 'n, -'n
  • (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) een
  • (in some dialects) ein
  • (East Pomeranian) ain

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈeːn/, /ˈæɪ̯n/, /ˈeːɪ̯n/

Article

en m or n (indefinite article)

  1. (in some dialects) a, an

Numeral

en

  1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) one (1)

en - Haitian Creole

Numeral

en

  1. one

Synonyms

  • youn

en - Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /n̩/, /eːn/

Determiner

en (indefinite)

  1. a, an
    • Sie sitze aan em runde Disch.
      • They are sitting at a round table.

Pronoun

en

  1. unstressed accusative of er: him.

Inflection

nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular (informal) du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Declension

Masculine Feminine Neutral
nom./acc. en

e

en

e

en

e

dative em ener em

en - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛːn/

Adverb

en

  1. how

Conjunction

en

  1. but
    • Ég drekk kaffi en ég drekk ekki te.I drink coffee but I don't drink tea.
    • Ég ætla að brauð en ekki mjólk.I'll have bread but not milk.
  2. than (with an adjective in the comparative)
    • Ég er betri en bróðir minn.I'm better than my brother.
    • Hún er skemmtilegri en ég.She is more fun than I am.
  3. (formal written language) used to join closely linked sentences, similar to a semicolon in English
    • Rannsókn embættis sérstaks saksóknara á meintum innherjasvikum Baldurs Guðlaugssonar stóð yfir í rúmlega ár, en FME kærði málið með bréfi til embættisins hinn 9. júlí á síðasta ári.
  4. conjunction similar to and
    • Sonur hans hét Jón, en dóttir hans Ása.His son was named John and his daughter was named Ása.
    • Veðrið var ekki gott framan af: rigning á fjallinu, en þoka í byggð.The weather was not good to begin with: rain in the mountains, and fog in the countryside.

Derived terms

en - Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/

Preposition

en

  1. in

en - Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
  • Hyphenation: en

Verb

en

  1. first-person singular indicative of ei

Anagrams

en - Japanese

Romanization

en

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えん

en - Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/, /ən/

Article

en

  1. (indefinite article) Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən/

Conjunction

en

  1. and

en - Kabuverdianu

Preposition

en

  1. in

en - Kott

Noun

en (plural ēnaŋ)

  1. wave

Noun

en

  1. plural of ei

en - Kriol

Conjunction

en

  1. and

en - Ladino

Preposition

en (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אין)

  1. in

en - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /eːn/, [eːn]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /en/, [ɛn]

Interjection

ēn

  1. lookǃ beholdǃ (presenting something in a lively or indignant manner)
  2. reallyǃ? (surprise or anger in questions)
  3. come onǃ (exhortation to action in imperatives)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /en/, [ɛn]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /en/, [ɛn]

Noun

en f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter N.

Usage notes

  • Multiple Latin names for the letter N, n have been suggested. The most common is en or a syllabic n, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, , ən, , and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιννε (inne).

Coordinate terms


Preposition

en

  1. Early Latin form of in (in)

en - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ɛn]

Noun

en m (invariable)

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

en - Leonese

Preposition

en

  1. in

Usage notes

When followed by an article, en is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

en + article Combined form
en + elnel
en + lana
en + lunu
en + losnos
en + lasnas
en + article Combined form
en + unnun
en + unanuna
en + unosnunos
en + unasnunas
en + pronoun Combined form
en + elnél
en + eillaneilla
en + eilluneillu
en + eillosneillos
en + eillasneillas
en + dem. adjective Combined form en + dem. pronoun Combined form
en + estinestien + éstinésti
en + estanestaen + éstanésta
en + estunestuen + éstunéstu
en + estosnestosen + éstosnéstos
en + estasnestasen + éstasnéstas
en + dem. adjective Combined form en + dem. pronoun Combined form
en + esinesien + ésinési
en + esanesaen + ésanésa
en + esunesuen + ésunésu
en + esosnesosen + ésosnésos
en + esasnesasen + ésasnésas
en + dem. adjective Combined form en + dem. pronoun Combined form
en + aquelnaquelen + aquélnaquél
en + aqueillanaqueillaen + aquéillanaquéilla
en + aqueillunaqueilluen + aquéillunaquéillu
en + aqueillosnaqueillosen + aquéillosnaquéillos
en + aqueillasnaqueillasen + aquéillasnaquéillas

en - Livvi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈen/
  • Hyphenation: en

Verb

en

  1. first-person singular indicative of ei

en - Lule Sami

Verb

en

  1. first-person dual present of ij

en - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/, [ən]

Article

en m or n

  1. Indefinite article; a, an
    • Ech droen en Hutt wann et reent.I wear a hat when it rains.
    • Hues du e bloe Stëft?Do you have a blue pen?

Declension

Luxembourgish indefinite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. en eng en (eng)
dative engem enger engem (engen)
Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

Pronoun

en

  1. unstressed form of hien
    • Hues de n e gefrot?Have you asked him?
  2. unstressed form of hinnen
    • Ech hunn et e gesot.I told it them

Usage notes

  • Due to the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

Declension

nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech mech mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal) du de dech dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal) Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) eis (ons) eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

en - Mandarin

Romanization

en (en5en0, Zhuyin ˙ㄣ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

en

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of én.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ěn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of èn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

en - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en/

Conjunction

en

  1. Alternative form of ende

en - Middle English

Preposition

en

  1. Alternative form of in (in)

en - Middle French

Preposition

en

  1. on; on to

Descendants

  • French: en

en - Middle Low German

Pronunciation

Unknown, possibly IPA: /ɛn/ or IPA: /ən/.

Particle

en m

  1. not; negates a verb, usage is facultative if it leads to a double negative
    • Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.
      • Nobody shall [not] sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...
  2. unless
    • Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.
      • Nobody shall sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...

Alternative forms

  • ne (older, Eastphalian)

en - Movima

Verb

en

  1. to stand

en - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eːn/ (stressed)
  • IPA: /ən/ (unstressed)
  • Hyphenation: en
  • Homophone: -en

Article

en m (feminine ei or e, neuter et)

  1. a, an (indefinite article)

Numeral

en m (feminine ei, neuter ett, stressed én)

  1. one

Derived terms

en - Norwegian Nynorsk

Conjunction

en

  1. (pre-1901) alternative form of enn

Article

en

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ein

Preposition

en

  1. Used as part of set phrases from French

Conjunction

en

  1. Used as part of the expression stopp en hal

en - Old French

Alternative forms

  • in (10th century)

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA: /en/
  • (classical, late) IPA: /an/

Preposition

en

  1. in; inside
  2. on; upon
  3. in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)
    • en painein pain
  4. in (indicates a language)
    • en latinin Latin

Descendants

  • Middle French: en
    • French: en
  • Norman: en

en - Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈeːn/, [ˈɛːn]

Numeral

ēn m or n

  1. one
    • ēn skillingone shilling

Article

ēn m or n

  1. a, an

Declension

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr-Amrum:
      • Föhr: een m, ian f or n
      • Amrum: ään m, ian f or n
    • Goesharde:
      • Hoolmer: åån m, iin f or n
      • Hoorninger: aan m, iin f or n
    • Halligen: aon m, ian f or n
    • Heligoland: iaan, jaan
    • Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n
    • Sylt: jen
    • Wiedingharde: oan m, iin f or n
  • Saterland Frisian: aan m, een f or n
  • West Frisian: ien

en - Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈẽ/

Preposition

en

  1. in

Descendants

  • Fala: en
  • Galician: en
  • Portuguese: em

en - Old Norse

Conjunction

en

  1. but
  2. (as a copulative): and
    • Synonym: ok

Descendants

  • Icelandic: en
  • Old Swedish: æn

Conjunction

en

  1. than
    • Synonym: an

Descendants

  • Icelandic: en
  • Old Swedish: æn

en - Old Occitan

Pronoun

en

  1. of it; of them

en - Old Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛːn/

Numeral

en m

  1. one

Article

en m

  1. a, an (rarely used)

Declension

Masculine Neuter Feminine
nominative ēn ēn ēn
accusative ēnana ēn ēna
genitive ēnes ēnes ēnaro
dative ēnumu ēnumu ēnaro

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: ên, ein
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: een (Hamburgisch)
      • Westphalian:
        • Lippisch: eun
        • Ravensbergisch: åine
        • Sauerländisch: ên
        • Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne
    • Plautdietsch: een

en - Old Swedish

Numeral

ēn m or f

  1. one

en - Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛn/

Article

en (indefinite)

  1. a, an

Declension

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative en en en
Accusative en en en
Dative me re me

Pronoun

en

  1. him

Declension

Nominative Accusative Dative
1st - Singular ich mich mir mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular du de (unstressed) dich dir der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine er ihn en (unstressed) ihm em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine sie se (unstressed) sie se (unstressed) ihre re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter es es ihm em (unstressed)
1st - Plural mir mer (unstressed) uns uns
2nd - Plural dihr der (unstressed) eich eich
3rd - Plural sie sie ihne ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite Sie Sie Ihne Ne (unstressed)

en - Salar

Verb

en

  1. to descend, to go down, to come down

en - Slovene

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA: /ɛ́n/

Numeral

ȅn

  1. one
Usage notes

The form éden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position. When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form éna is normally used (see the number box).

Declension
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik ȅn éna éno
genitive rodȋlnik énega éne énega
dative dajȃlnik énemu éni énemu
accusative tožȋlnik nominanim genanim éno éno
locative mẹ̑stnik énem éni énem
instrumental orọ̑dnik énim éno énim
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) ȅn ȇna ȇno
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik
genitive rodȋlnik
dative dajȃlnik
accusative tožȋlnik
locative mẹ̑stnik
instrumental orọ̑dnik
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik
genitive rodȋlnik
dative dajȃlnik
accusative tožȋlnik
locative mẹ̑stnik
instrumental orọ̑dnik
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
positive comparative superlative
accusative singular masculine isolated form énega
accusative singular neuter isolated form éno, énega
adverb
Derived terms

Determiner

ȅn

  1. (colloquial) some (someone/something – indefinite determiner)
    • Eni moški stojijo tam.Some man are standing there.
    • Synonyms: nekȁk, nekȁkšen
  2. (colloquial, also unstressed) some (someone/something arbitrary – unspecified determiner)
Declension
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik ȅn éna éno
genitive rodȋlnik énega éne énega
dative dajȃlnik énemu éni énemu
accusative tožȋlnik nominanim genanim éno éno
locative mẹ̑stnik énem éni énem
instrumental orọ̑dnik énim éno énim
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) ȅn ȇna ȇno
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik éna éni éni
genitive rodȋlnik énih énih énih
dative dajȃlnik énima énima énima
accusative tožȋlnik éna éna éna
locative mẹ̑stnik énih énih énih
instrumental orọ̑dnik énima énima énima
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) ȇna ȇni ȇni
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative imenovȃlnik éni éne éna
genitive rodȋlnik énih énih énih
dative dajȃlnik énim énim énim
accusative tožȋlnik éne éne éne
locative mẹ̑stnik énih énih énih
instrumental orọ̑dnik énimi énimi énimi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) ȇni ȇne ȇna
positive comparative superlative
accusative singular masculine isolated form énega
accusative singular neuter isolated form éno, énega
adverb

Noun

ȅn m anim

  1. (regional) Alternative form of éden

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA: /ɛn/

Article

en

  1. (colloquial, regional) a
    • To je ena velika izmišljotina!This is a big made-up story.

en - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈem/ [ˈẽm] (before b, v, p)

Preposition

en

  1. in, at, on
    • Estoy en casa.I'm at home.
    • Estoy sentado en la computadora.I'm sitting at the computer.
    • en esta páginaon this page
    • en la caja en la mesain the box on the table
  2. in (a time)
    • en la antigüedadin antiquity
    • en 1999in 1999
  3. in (a language)
    • No conozco esta palabra en francés.
      • I don't know this word in French.
    • en todos los idiomasin all languages
  4. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
    • Pienso en tí.I'm thinking of you.
  5. in (in various expressions)
    • en el sentidoin the sense
    • en nuestro afánin our eagerness

en - Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Pronoun

en

  1. Third-person singular possessive determiner/pronoun; his, her, its

Pronoun

en

  1. Third-person singular object pronoun; him, her, it
  2. Contrastive variant of a; he, she, it.

en - Sumerian

Romanization

en

  1. Romanization of 𒂗 (en)

en - Swedish

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA: /ɛnː/
  • Homophones: än, N, n

Pronoun

en (genitive ens)

  1. one; object form of man (=one)
    • Det man inte vet skadar en inte
      • What one doesn’t know doesn’t hurt one.
  2. one (see usage notes)
Usage notes

En has in recent years been used as a more gender-conscious alternative to the impersonal pronoun man. The development is in some ways parallel to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. Usage is common among certain speaker groups, but not universally acknowledged in the standard language. Previously it has also been used in some dialects.

Declension
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA: (not before g) /ɛnː/, IPA: (before g) /ɛŋː/
  • Homophones: än, N, n

Numeral

en (neuter ett)

  1. one
Coordinate terms
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— nollen/etttvåtrefyrafemsexsjuåttanio
1— tioelvatolvtrettonfjortonfemtonsextonsjuttonarton/adertonnitton
2— tjugotjugoen/-etttjugotvåtjugotretjugofyratjugofemtjugosextjugosjutjugoåttatjugonio
3— trettiotrettioen/-etttrettiotvåtrettiotretrettiofyratrettiofemtrettiosextrettiosjutrettioåttatrettionio
4— fyrtiofyrtioen/-ettfyrtiotvåfyrtiotrefyrtiofyrafyrtiofemfyrtiosexfyrtiosjufyrtioåttafyrtionio
5— femtiofemtioen/-ettfemtiotvåfemtiotrefemtiofyrafemtiofemfemtiosexfemtiosjufemtioåttafemtionio
6— sextiosextioen/-ettsextiotvåsextiotresextiofyrasextiofemsextiosexsextiosjusextioåttasextionio
7— sjuttiosjuttioen/-ettsjuttiotvåsjuttiotresjuttiofyrasjuttiofemsjuttiosexsjuttiosjusjuttioåttasjuttionio
8— åttioåttioen/-ettåttiotvååttiotreåttiofyraåttiofemåttiosexåttiosjuåttioåttaåttionio
9— nittionittioen/-ettnittiotvånittiotrenittiofyranittiofemnittiosexnittiosjunittioåttanittionio
  • 100: hundra
  • 103: tusen
  • 104: tiotusen (myriad)
  • 106: miljon
  • 109: miljard
  • 1012: biljon
  • 1015: biljard
  • 1018: triljon
  • 1021: triljard
  • 1024: kvadriljon
  • 1027: kvadriljard
  • 1030: kvintiljon
  • 1033: kvintiljard
  • 1036: sextiljon
  • 1039: sextiljard
  • 1042: septiljon
  • 1045: septiljard
  • 1048: oktiljon
  • 1051: oktiljard
  • 1054: noniljon
  • 1057: noniljard
  • 1060: deciljon
  • 1063: deciljard
  • 1066: undeciljon
  • 1069: undeciljard
  • 1072: duodeciljon
  • 1075: duodeciljard
  • 1078: tredeciljon
  • 1081: tredeciljard
  • 1084: quattuordeciljon
  • 1087: quattuordeciljard

  • 10120: vigintiljon
  • 10123: vigintiljard

Article

en c (neuter ett)

  1. the indefinite article: a, an.
Declension
  • en and ett are invariable in the singular, as nominative en konung (a king) and genitive en konungs (a king's).
  • The genitive enes and the dative enom are dated.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eːn/

Noun

en c

  1. juniper

Declension

Declension of en 

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: eynholz, eynholcz, eynberen holt, eynberenboem, einbeeren struke, enekenbehren, eynikenstrucke
    • German Low German: Ênbêrnstrûk, Eenberen, Ehmkenstruk, Eenkenstruk, Euwerbush (Mecklenburg, Pommern, Rügen as of late 19th c.)

Anagrams

en - Tedim Chin

Verb

en

  1. to look

en - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /æn/, /en/

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enler)

  1. width
  2. a cachet on an animal or bonded goods

Declension

Inflection
Nominative en
Definite accusative eni

Adverb

en

  1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of any or most adjectives)

en - Veps

Verb

en

  1. first-person singular present of ei

en - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛn/

Noun

en f (plural eniau)

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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
en unchanged unchanged hen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

en - West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛn/, /ɪn/

Conjunction

en

  1. and

en - Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /en˧˥/

Verb

én

  1. (intransitive) to look

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ən˧˥/

Noun

én

  1. food
  2. meal
Meaning and Definition of en
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