dein

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

dein

  1. present participle of de

References[edit]

  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdei̯n/, [ˈde̞i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ein
  • Syllabification(key): dein

Noun[edit]

dein

  1. instructive plural of dee

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Akin to Old Saxon thīn, English thine, thy.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /daɪ̯n/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
  • Homophone: deinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Pronoun[edit]

dein

  1. (archaic) genitive singular of du
    • 19th century, Nikolaus Lenau, Schilflieder, no. 3:
      Auf geheimem Waldespfade
      Schleich ich gern im Abendschein
      An das öde Schilfgestade,
      Mädchen, und gedenke dein!
      Upon private forest path[s]
      I yearnly slink in evenshine
      unto the lonely reeden bank,
      Maiden, and think of thee!
    • 1912, “Der Brief des Paulus an Philemon”, in Luther-Bibel 1912, verse 4:
      Ich danke meinem Gott und gedenke dein allezeit in meinem Gebet[.]
      I thank my God and think of thee always in my prayer[.]

Determiner[edit]

dein m (feminine deine, neuter dein, plural deine)

  1. thy, your (esp. to friends, relatives, children, etc.).

Declension[edit]

Declension of dein
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dein deine dein deine
genitive deines deiner deines deiner
dative deinem deiner deinem deinen
accusative deinen deine dein deine

When used as a pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form deiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form deines or deins.

  • mein Vater und deiner – my father and yours
  • Das ist mein Fahrrad. Das andere ist dein(e)s. – This is my bike. The other one is yours.

See also[edit]

  • Ihr (your) (addressing formally or politely one or more persons)

Determiner[edit]

dein

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of dein

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Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn. Cognate with German dein.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

dein

  1. thy, your

Inflection[edit]

1Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dein (present analytic deineann, future analytic déanfaidh, verbal noun déanamh, past participle déanta)

  1. Munster form of déan

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dein dhein ndein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Preconsonantal variant, with apocope of the final syllable.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

dein (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of deinde

References[edit]

  • dein”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dein”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. ^ “Terentianus Maurus, De Litt., De Syll., De Metr. 195”, in latin.packhum.org[1], 2021 May 25 (last accessed)

Manx[edit]

Verb[edit]

dein (verbal noun deiney)

  1. to molest

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dein ghein nein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.