dein

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See also: Dein and déin

English

Alternative forms

Verb

dein

  1. present participle of de

References

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

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

dein

  1. instructive plural of dee

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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
      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

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

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

Declension

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

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

Determiner

dein

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of dein

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

dein

  1. thy, your

Inflection

Hunsrik possessive pronouns
nominative / accusative dative
masculine feminine neuter plural masculine feminine neuter plural
1st person singular mein mein mein mein, meine1 meim meiner meim meine
2nd person singular dein dein dein dein, deine1 deim deiner deim deine
3rd person singular (m/n) sein sein sein sein, seine1 seim seiner seim seine
3rd person singular (f) eere eere eere eere eerem eerer eerem eere
1st person plural unser unser unser unser, unsre1 unsrem unsrer unsrem unsre
2nd person plural eier eier eier eier, eire1 eirem eirer eirem eire
3rd person plural eere eere eere eere eerem eerer eerem eere

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

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. Munster form of déan

Conjugation

conjugation of dein (irregular)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present deinim deineann tú;
deinir 		deineann sé, sí deinimíd deineann sibh deineann siad;
deinid 		a dheineann /
a ndeineann* 		deintear
past dheineas dheinis dhein sé, sí dheineamair dheineabhair dheineadar a dhein /
ar dhein* 		deineadh
past habitual dheininn / ndeininn‡‡ dheinteá / ndeinteᇇ dheineadh sé, sí / ndeineadh sé, s퇇 dheinimís / ndeinimís‡‡ dheineadh sibh / ndeineadh sibh‡‡ dheinidís / ndeinidís‡‡ a dheineadh /
a ndeineadh* 		dheintí / ndeint퇇
future déanfaidh mé;
déanfad 		déanfaidh tú;
déanfair 		déanfaidh sé, sí déanfaimíd déanfaidh sibh déanfaid (siad) a dhéanfaidh /
a ndéanfaidh* 		déanfar
conditional dhéanfainn / ndéanfainn‡‡ dhéanfá / ndéanfᇇ dhéanfadh sé, sí / ndéanfadh sé, s퇇 dhéanfaimís / ndéanfaimís‡‡ dhéanfadh sibh / ndéanfainn sibh‡‡ dhéanfaidís / ndéanfaidís‡‡ a dhéanfadh /
a ndéanfadh* 		dhéanfaí / ndéanfa퇇
subjunctive present go ndeinead go ndeinir go ndeine sé, sí go ndeinimíd go ndeine sibh go ndeine siad;
go ndeinid 		— go ndeintear
past dá ndeininn dá ndeinteá dá ndeineadh sé, sí dá ndeinimís dá ndeineadh sibh dá ndeinidís — dá ndeintí
imperative deinim dein deineadh sé, sí deinimís deinidh deinidís — deintear
verbal noun déanamh
past participle déanta

* indirect relative
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

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

Latin

Etymology

Preconsonantal variant, with apocope of the final syllable.

Pronunciation

Adverb

dein (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of deinde

References

  • “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, 2021 May 25 (last accessed)

Manx

Verb

dein (verbal noun deiney)

  1. to molest

Mutation

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.
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