däin

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See also: dain, daein, dáin, and dàin

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn. Cognate with German dein, archaic English thine, West Frisian dyn, Icelandic þinn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

däin m or n (feminine deng, plural deng)

  1. your (singular)
    Däin Auto ass méi séier wéi mäin.
    Your car is faster than mine.

Usage notes

  • As per the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than ⟨d⟩, ⟨h⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨z⟩.

See also

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns
nominative / accusative dative
masculine feminine neuter plural masculine feminine neuter plural
1st person singular mäin meng mäin meng mengem menger mengem mengen
2nd person singular (informal) däin deng däin deng dengem denger dengem dengen
2nd person singular (formal) Ären Är Äert Är Ärem Ärer Ärem Ären
3rd person singular (m/n) säin seng säin seng sengem senger sengem sengen
3rd person singular (f) hiren hir hiert hir hirem hirer hirem hiren
1st person plural eisen eis eist eis eisem eiser eisem eisen
2nd person plural ären är äert är ärem ärer ärem ären
3rd person plural hiren hir hiert hir hirem hirer hirem hiren

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Cognates include German getan and Dutch gedaan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɪ̯n/
  • Hyphenation: däin

Verb

däin (inflected däine)

  1. past participle of dwo; done

Adjective

däin (masculine däinen, feminine, plural or definite däine)

  1. done
  2. finished

References

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