אָן

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See also: אַן, אן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Yiddish

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /ɔn/
(Poylish) IPA^(key): /uːn/
(Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /un/
(Netherlandic):
- IPA^(key): (Etymology 1) /oːn/
- IPA^(key): (Etymology 2) /aːn/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German āne (“without”) (compare German ohne), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu (“without”) (compare Old Saxon āno, Old Frisian ōni, Old Norse án, ón).

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”)
אָן צאָל (on tsol, “countless, innumerable”)
אָן אָפּשטעל (on opshtel, “non-stop”)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ana, from Proto-West Germanic *an, *ana, from Proto-Germanic *an(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₂.

Adverb

אָן • (on)

on, onward
פֿון איצט אָן ― fun itst on ― from now on

פֿון הײַנט אָן ― fun haynt on ― starting today, from today on

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