אָן
See also: אַן, אן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German āne (“without”) (compare German ohne), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnō (“without”) (compare Old Saxon āno, Old Frisian ōni, Old Norse án, ón), from Proto-Indo-European *anew, *enew (“without”) (compare Ancient Greek ἄνευ (áneu)).
Preposition
אָן • (on) (no contracted dem-form)
- without
- וואָס קען וואַקסן, וואַקסן אָן רעגן? ― vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn? ― What can grow, grow without rain?
Derived terms
- אָן דאַנק (on dank, “ungrateful”)
- אָן וועלכער (on velkher, “without which”)
- אָן אײַנזעעריש (on aynzeerish, “inconsiderate”)