en

Etymology 1
Abbreviation.

Etymology 2
The name of the letter comes from. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
 * 1)  A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
 * 1)  A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
 * 1)  A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
 * 1)  A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Derived terms




Etymology 3
From.

Etymology 4
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  him
 * 2)  it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
 * 1)  it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

Verb

 * 1)  be, exist

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) well
 * 1) well

Pronoun

 * 1) me

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1)  a, an
 * 2) * 1835, Jakob Stutz, Gemälde aus dem Volksleben nach der Natur aufgenommen und treu dargestellt in gereimten Gesprächen Zürcherischer Mundart, first part, 2nd ed., pp. 27, 49, 97, 109:
 * 3) ** Ih wött dih jetz nu duße möge-n- Auh noh en einzigs Wörtli fröge.
 * 4) ** [...] as en einzigs Mol, [...]
 * 5) ** Denn ist er si Lebtig e stills Büebli gsi.
 * 6) ** Aber es wot e chüels Windli goh.
 * 7) * 1864, J. C. Ott, Rosen und Dornen. Gedichte und Gerichte, gewachsen auf Bernerboden, 1st small volume, 2nd ed., pp. 53, 57:
 * 8) ** „„Nu, wenn i öppis by d'r gilte,““ Seit Franz, – „„so mach en End myr Qual! [...]““
 * 9) ** „[...] O, schenk-mer, Herr, es gnädig's End, Nimm uf my Geist i dyni Händ!“
 * 10) * 1864, J. C. Ott, Rosen und Dornen. Gedichte und Gerichte, gewachsen auf Bernerboden, 1st small volume, 2nd ed., pp. 43, 76, 106, 186:
 * 11) ** E Mezgerbursch i syne schönste Jahre Mit rothe Backe, schwarze, chruse Haare, Chunt spät am Aabe ganz allei Vom Erlebacher-Märit hei.
 * 12) ** Im Berner Alpeg'länd sitzt vor sym chlyne Hüsi [...] En alte Veteran vom Cheiserrych Na Dörflerg'wohnheit i d'r Gartenlaube.
 * 13) ** [...] Da villicht en alte Jud, [...]
 * 14) ** En Ehrebrecher isch sy Kamerad, [...]
 * 15) * Joh. Schönauer, Beschreibung miner Heimat, in: 1876, Volksthümliches aus dem Kanton Bern. Localsagen und Satzungen des Aberglaubens. Gesammelt von Heinrich Grunholzer durch seine Seminarzöglinge. Zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von J. E. Rothenbach. Separat-Abdruck aus der „Neuen Alpenpost“, p. 5:
 * Vor zwei Jahra ist z' Höchstetta, das 20 Minuta vo Zäziwyl ist, emene Länder-Güterfuhrma der Waga verbrönnt worda.

Declension
Zürich:

Bern:

Etymology
From, from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) in
 * 2) (+ gerund) after

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)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) and

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) width

Contraction

 * 1) e  + un
 * 2) e  + an

Etymology 1
From the final syllable of.

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology 3
. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

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, adverbial phrases (e.g., de ) are replaced with.
 * en is sometimes used instead of 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.

Etymology 1
From.

Preposition

 * 1)  in; into

Adverb

 * 1)  in

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1)  and

Etymology 3
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  him;
 * 2)  he;
 * 3)  them;

Pronoun

 * 1) ye, you (plural)

Usage notes

 * en is used as a subject of a transitive verb in realis mood, and as a subject with all verbs in irrealis mood. It is in complementary distribution with, which is generally used as an object of a transitive verb, and also as a subject of an intransitive verb in realis mood.

Pronoun

 * 1) ; you

Determiner

 * 1) this not in possession of the speaker

Noun

 * 1) width

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology
From, from , from.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Numeral

 * 1)  one

Pronoun

 * 1) one

Usage notes

 * Used as the oblique form of the generic pronoun :

Etymology 1
From, from , , from , from.

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) well, so
 * 3)  plus, and
 * 1)  plus, and
 * 1)  plus, and
 * 1)  plus, and
 * 1)  plus, and

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from.

Adverb

 * 1)  not
 * 2) * 1544, "Van proper Janneken" (song 123), in Dieuwke E. van der Poel, Dirk Geirnaert, Hermina Joldersma, J.B. Oosterman & Louis Peter Grijp (eds.) Het Antwerps liedboek, vol. 1, Lannoo (publ. 2004), page 283.
 * "nl"

- Schoon soete lief, waert u bequame / Dat ghi mi gaeft een troostelijc woort, / Ic en soude certeyn geen ander boelken kiesen, / Al sout mi oock aen mijn leven gaen.


 * 1) * 1632, Jacob Cats, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijt, bestaende uyt spreeckwoorden ende sinspreucken, "Een rotten appel in de mande, maeckt oock het gave fruyt te schande.", in J. van Vloten (ed.), Alle de werken, vol. 1, 1862, page 649.
 * "nl"

- Daer magh geen rotte peer in onse manden wesen, / En wat'er niet en deught, dat dient'er uyt gelesen;


 * 1) * "Herr Halewyn", A.H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Horae Belgicae, page 41.
 * "nl"

- ‘Uw zoon heer Halewyn is gaen jagen, / g’ en ziet hem weêr uw levens dagen.’


 * 1)  only, merely, no other than, none other than
 * 1)  only, merely, no other than, none other than
 * 1)  only, merely, no other than, none other than

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, 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 . 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.

Etymology
Primarily from.

Preposition

 * 1) in, within, inside
 * 2) into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)
 * 1) into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Usage notes

 * When followed by the articles /,, /, ; it contracts to /, , /, respectively.
 * The form is more common in Valverdeñu.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) in used to indicate space, also see usage notes
 * 2) to indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes
 * 3) by used to indicate means
 * 4) as
 * 5) at used to describe an ability
 * 6) of, made of used to describe composition
 * 7) in during the following time (used for months and years)
 * 8)  while
 * 9)  by, in describing a way of getting something
 * 10) in used to describe color
 * 11) in used to describe feelings
 * 12) in as part of something
 * 1) of, made of used to describe composition
 * 2) in during the following time (used for months and years)
 * 3)  while
 * 4)  by, in describing a way of getting something
 * 5) in used to describe color
 * 6) in used to describe feelings
 * 7) in as part of something
 * 1)  while
 * 2)  by, in describing a way of getting something
 * 3) in used to describe color
 * 4) in used to describe feelings
 * 5) in as part of something
 * 1) in used to describe feelings
 * 2) in as part of something
 * 1) in as part of something

Usage notes

 * 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, 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,  is used, while if the name of the very large location is plural,  is used.

Etymology 2
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  we

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2
Probably from, from.

Adverb

 * 1) while; as soon as followed by the gerund of a verb, expresses immediacy or simultaneity
 * 2) * 1461, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 141:
 * "gl"
 * 1) * 1461, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 141:
 * "gl"
 * "gl"

- dito testigo en seendo moço pequeno con seu tyo Afonso Dominges, guardando o gaando en Curro do Moyño, que le dixera o dito Afonso Domingees "bees, por aquy se parte ho término do conde do de Juan d'Estúñiga



Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1)  a, an

Numeral

 * 1)  one (1)

Etymology
From, from.

Numeral

 * 1) one

Determiner

 * 1) a, an

Pronoun

 * : him.

Etymology
From. ''the comparative superior conjunction & the hesitational cunjunction have developed seperately into the same form. the comparative cunjunction is -an in the old language, -þan on runestone probably is related to -then, while the other form (hesitational) has formed from the augmentive. ''

Adverb

 * 1) how

Conjunction

 * 1) but
 * 2) than (with an adjective in the comparative)
 * 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.
 * 1) than (with an adjective in the comparative)
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1)   a, an.

Etymology 2
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in

Etymology
From (˜x-) ("wave").

Noun

 * 1) wave

Preposition

 * 1) in

Interjection

 * 1) look! behold!
 * 2) really!?
 * 3) come on!

Usage notes

 * Multiple Latin names for the letter, have been suggested. The most common is  or a  , although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, , , , 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).

Etymology
.

Preposition

 * 1) in

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

Etymology
From, from.

Article

 * 1) Indefinite article; a, an

Usage notes

 * Due to the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than , , ,  or .

Etymology
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1) on; on to

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation
Unknown, possibly or.

Particle

 * 1) not; negates a verb, usage is facultative if it leads to a double negative
 * 2) unless
 * 1) unless

Alternative forms

 * (older, Eastphalian)

Verb

 * 1) to stand

Etymology
From, from , from.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Numeral

 * 1) one

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) in; inside
 * 2) on; upon
 * 3) in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)
 * 4) in (indicates a language)
 * 1) in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)
 * 2) in (indicates a language)
 * 1) in (indicates a language)

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Descendants

 * Föhr-Amrum:
 * Föhr: ,
 * Amrum: ,
 * Goesharde:
 * Hoolmer: ,
 * Hoorninger: ,
 * Halligen: ,
 * Heligoland: ,
 * Mooring: ,
 * Sylt:
 * Wiedingharde: ,
 * Wiedingharde: ,

Etymology
From, from , from.

Preposition

 * [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
 * How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.
 * [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
 * How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Etymology 1
From,. Unstressed doublet of.

Etymology 2
From earlier. Ultimately from, possibly through , whence cognate with 🇨🇬. For similar loss of þ- compare from earlier,.

Pronoun

 * 1) of it; of them
 * 2) * 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la lauzeta mover
 * "pro"

- Ailas! Tan cuidava saber D'amor, e tan petit en sai,

Etymology
From.

Numeral

 * 1) one
 * (Heliand, verse 2637)

Article

 * 1) a, an

Descendants

 * Westphalian:
 * Lippisch:
 * Ravensbergisch:
 * Sauerländisch:
 * Westmünsterländisch:, ,
 * Ravensbergisch:
 * Sauerländisch:
 * Westmünsterländisch:, ,

Etymology
From, from , from.

Numeral

 * 1) one

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1) a, an

Pronoun

 * : him

Preposition

 * 1) in

Conjunction

 * 1) alternative form of ; and

Etymology
Contraction of earlier, from.

Numeral

 * 1) one

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

Derived terms

 * enóta

Determiner

 * 1)  some someone/something – indefinite determiner
 * 2)  some someone/something arbitrary – unspecified determiner
 * 1)  some someone/something arbitrary – unspecified determiner
 * 1)  some someone/something arbitrary – unspecified determiner

Article

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) in, at, on
 * 2) in a time
 * 3) in a language
 * 4) in in various expressions
 * 1) in a time
 * 2) in a language
 * 3) in in various expressions
 * 1) in a language
 * 2) in in various expressions
 * 1) in in various expressions
 * 1) in in various expressions
 * 1) in in various expressions
 * 1) in in various expressions
 * 1) in in various expressions

Etymology
From older, from.

Pronoun

 * 1)  his, her, its

Pronoun

 * 1)  him, her, it
 * 2)  he, she, it.

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from.

Pronoun

 * 1) one; object form of man (=one)
 * 2) one (see usage notes)
 * 1) one (see usage notes)

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

Numeral

 * 1)  one

Article

 * 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 and the dative  are dated.

Etymology 2
From earlier (sometimes also ), from.

Noun

 * 1) juniper

Etymology
, the English name of the letter /.

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to look

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) width
 * 2) a cachet on an animal or bonded goods

Etymology 2
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) the most ..., the ...-est

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to look

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) food
 * 2) meal