aan

aan

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anambé.

• an (Western Cape)

From Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːn/

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aan

1. on

aan

1. at, against, for, in, by, near, next to, on

aan anim

1. shawl, robe

   nítsspiksísttohksaana ― my thick shawl

• Donald G. Frantz, Norma J. Russel (1989) Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, University of Toronto Press, published 2017

• an (see usage notes below)

From Middle High German an, from Old High German ana.

• IPA^(key): /aːn/

aan (+ dative or accusative)

1. (most dialects) on; at
2. (most dialects) to

• As an actual preposition the short-vowel variant an is equally common or preferred, but only aan is used in adverbial uses, e.g. as a prefix (aanmaache, aanfange, etc.).

• draan
• eraan
• aam, am (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

• å (Luserna)

From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, onto”). Cognate with German an, English on.

aan (Sette Comuni)

1. (+ dative) on; For stationary objects, e.g. It is on the table.
2. (+ accusative) on, onto; For moving objects, e.g. I put it on the table.

aan

1. (Sette Comuni) on, onward

• haltan aan
• höoban aan

• “aan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• (unstressed pronunciation spelling) an

From Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

• IPA^(key): /aːn/

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• Hyphenation: aan
• Rhymes: -aːn

aan

1. on (positioned at the outer surface of; attached to)

   Het schilderij hangt aan de muur.

   The painting is on the wall.

2. at, on (near; adjacent to; alongside; just off)

   aan tafel ― at the table

   aan de kust ― at the coast

   een huis aan de hoofdweg ― a house on the main road

3. to, indicates the target or recipient of an action

   Ik heb de rest van het geld aan mijn moeder gegeven.

   I gave the rest of the money to my mother.

4. from, of, because of, as a result of

   Hij is gisteren overleden aan een hartaanval.

   He died of a heart attack yesterday.

5. about (concerning)

   Ik snap niet wat daar zo grappig aan is.

   I don't understand what's so funny about that.

6. up to, indicates responsibility

   Het is nu aan jou.

   It's up to you now.

7. at (having reached)

   Ik zit aan mijn limiet.

   I'm at my limit.

8. (with a definite noun) using, abusing, currently occupied with

   Ik ben aan het werk.

   I am working.

   Hij zit aan de drugs.

   He's using drugs.

   Wij gaan nu aan de thee.

   We're having tea now.

9. (dated, proscribed, Limburg) at, for, denotes a price

   Synonyms: voor, tegen

10. (obsolete) in, into, followed by an inflected numeral to indicate that something has been split into so many pieces

    Synonym: in

    aan tweeën ― in two

    • 1917 April 25, “GEMENGD NIEUWS”, in Ons Noorden‎, Groningen, page 2:

      […] schipper P. van Es heeft een mijn in de garnalenkor gevischt. Na het net aan tweeën gesneden te hebben, heeft hij de mijn voor de haven van Stellendam gesleept, waar ze door personeel van het bewakingsvaartuig „Albatros" uit het net is gehaald.

      skipper P. van Es has fished a mine in the shrimp net. After cutting the net in two, he dragged the mine to the port of Stellendam, where it was removed from the net by personnel of the guard vessel "Albatros".

• Afrikaans: aan
• Jersey Dutch: ân
• Negerhollands: aan, an
• Skepi Creole Dutch: an

aan

1. on, (of a device) being operative

   Jij zet de motor aan.

   You turn on your engine.

2. on, (of clothing) being worn
3. in compounds with verbs:
   1. Denoting growth or restoration.
   2. Denoting connecting, affixing or spatial continuity.
   3. Denoting the beginning of an action or process.

• → Caribbean Javanese: an

• aan het

aan (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. on (functional, operational)

   De kachel is aan.

   The heater is on.

2. (slang, said of parties) amazing, lit

   Synonyms: gaande, loesoe

   Zijn huisfeest gisteren was echt aan, al tijden niet zo naar mijn zin gehad.

   His house party yesterday was seriously amazing, haven't enjoyed myself that much in a long time.

aan

1. genitive singular of aa

• (Pular) an

aan

1. (Maasina, Pulaar) you (second person singular emphatic pronoun)

   Ngaɗen wattitaare, mi hokkete nagge am, aan du kokkaa kam ngaari ndi.

   Let's do an exchange, I give you my cow, and you give me your bull.

   ba aan

   even you

• aɗa (second person singular subject pronoun; long form), hiɗa (variant used in the Pular dialect of Futa Jalon)
• maaɗa (second person singular possessive pronoun (Adamawa))
• -maa (second person singular dependent pronoun (Adamawa))

• Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

From Proto-Aroid *ʔan.

• IPA^(key): /ʔáːn/,

aan

1. arm, hand

• Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University, page 297

From Middle High German ane, from Old High German ana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Syllabification: aan

aan (+ dative)

1. on, upon, at

   Das Bild hengd aan de Wand.

   The picture is hanging on the wall.

   Aam Montach hod-s gerehnd.

   On Monday it rained.

aan (+ accusative)

1. on, onto, at

   Ich henge das Bild aan die Wand.

   I hang the picture on the wall.

   Ich setze mich aan de Disch.

   I sit down at the table.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Proto-North Sarawak *aqal.

aan

1. chicken

aan

1. no.
2. never, nothing, no one.

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
• NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos". São Paulo. Global. 2005.

From Old Frisian ān (“one”). Cognate with West Frisian ien (“one”), Scots ane (“one”), English one. More at one.

• IPA^(key): /aːn/
• Hyphenation: aan
• Rhymes: -aːn

aan (feminine een, neuter een)

1. one

aan (feminine een, neuter een, unstressed n)

1. a, an

aan

1. one

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “aan”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

aan

1. crow

aan

1. body

aan

1. land (specifically inhabited or owned land)
2. town; village; settlement