enen

See also: énen and en- -en

Danish

Noun

enen c

definite singular of ene

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ênen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeː.nə(n)/
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Hyphenation: enen
Rhymes: -eːnən

Article

enen

(dated) dative masculine/neuter of een; to a.
(dated) accusative masculine of een; a.

Inflection

**Dutch indefinite article**
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	een	ene	een
Genitive	eens	ener	eens
Dative	enen	ener	enen
Accusative	enen	ene	een

Fula

Pronoun

enen

first person plural inclusive; emphatic we, us

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎, volume 35, DOI:10.15021/00003067, pages 215-230

Middle English

Alternative forms

einde, enyen, enyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ēanian, from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną, from *aunaz (“lamb”).

Variants with /d/ are from reinterpretation of the past-tense suffix as part of the verbal stem (compare modern English lend, sound).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːnən/

Verb

enen (third-person singular simple present eneth, present participle enende, enynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ened)

(rare, of livestock) To give birth; to yean.

Conjugation

Conjugation of enen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) enen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ene	ened
2nd-person singular	enest	enedest
3rd-person singular	eneth	ened
subjunctive singular	ene	ened
imperative singular	ene	—

plural¹	enen, ene	eneden, enede
imperative plural	eneth, ene	—

participles	enynge, enende	ened, yened

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

yenen

Descendants

English: ean
Scots: eenie

References

“ēnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

enen

definite singular of en.