ein

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Article

 * : a, an

Article

 * : a, an

Numeral

 * : one (1)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Numeral

 * 1) one (1)

Usage notes
When counting, use the neuter forms:

Adjective

 * 1) same
 * 2) alone
 * 3) approximate
 * 1) approximate
 * 1) approximate

Pronoun

 * 1) one

Etymology 1
From, from.

Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  one
 * 2) the same
 * 1) the same

Usage notes

 * In counting, the form is used:  (sport result). The name of the number one, as a noun, is.
 * 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 can be governed by the definite article to mean "the one":

Article

 * 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, , , (dative), and . (There are no contracted genitive forms.)
 * Earlier contracted forms which are not in use anymore are for  and  for  (as in, ). Even older forms are  for  (as in ),  for  and  for.

Etymology 2
Related to (like also ), from, from , from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen
 * derein, feldein, hafenein, herein, hierein, hinein, jahrein, waldein, worein
 * derein, feldein, hafenein, herein, hierein, hinein, jahrein, waldein, worein

Adjective

 * 1)  on

Adverb

 * 1) alone

Etymology
From, from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬,.

Numeral

 * 1)  one (cardinal number 1)

Article

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

Pronoun

 * 1) one
 * 2) someone
 * 1) someone

Adverb

 * 1) circa, approximately, about

Etymology
From, whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  one

Adverb

 * 1) only

Descendants

 * , ;, umm
 * ; oa'
 * Ripuarian:
 * , ;, umm
 * ; oa'
 * Ripuarian:
 * Ripuarian:

Etymology
From, , from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1) our

Pronoun

 * 1) us

Usage notes

 * is often added after the noun or verbnoun which 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, where  is never used.
 * In formal Welsh, the contraction is a valid form of  found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh,  is often contracted to  after almost any vowel-final word.
 * Pronomial or  can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial  is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for  for more information.
 * The colloquial pronunciation is the original pronunciation, as shown by the Middle Welsh form . The more careful pronunciation  is a later.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  duck

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) end