tien

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tien, from Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

tien

1. ten

Asturian

Verb

tien

1. third-person singular present indicative of tener

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/
• Rhymes: -in

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Numeral

tien

1. ten

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tien
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tin
• Jersey Dutch: tîn
• Negerhollands: tien, tin
• → Aukan: tin

Anagrams

• niet

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tien

1. ten (10)

Esperanto

Etymology

From tie +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

tien

1. thither, to there, (demonstrative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

As with other demonstrative correlatives in Esperanto, tien can be combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, or with for, the adverbial particle of distance. Ĉi tien thus means hither and for tien means thither [in the distance].

Derived terms

• ĉi tien, tien ĉi

Related terms

• kien
• ien
• ĉien
• nenien

See also

Finnish

Noun

tien

1. genitive singular of tie

Anagrams

• -iten, enti, tein

French

Etymology

From the neuter of Latin tuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɛ̃/

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Adjective

tien (feminine tienne, masculine plural tiens, feminine plural tiennes)

1. (archaic) your; belonging to you (singular)

Derived terms

• le tien (“yours”)

Further reading

• “tien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• tein

Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan.

Numeral

tien

1. ten (10)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiən/

Numeral

tien

1. ten

Descendants

• Dutch: tien
  • Afrikaans: tien
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tin
  • Jersey Dutch: tîn
  • Negerhollands: tien, tin
  • → Aukan: tin
• Limburgish: teen, tieën
• Zealandic: tien

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch tian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiən/

Verb

tien

1. to pull, draw
2. to go
3. to raise or nurture

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: tijgen (with -g- from the past stem; -ij- may be from conflation with the verb below)

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-West Germanic *tīhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːən/

Verb

tiën

1. to accuse, blame
2. to prosecute

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aantijgen (with -g- from the past stem)

Further reading

• “tien (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “tien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “tiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page tiën

Old English

Alternative forms

• tēn — Mercian
• tȳn — West Saxon
• tēne, tēa, tīn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti͜yːn/

Numeral

tīen (West Saxon)

1. ten

Derived terms

• tīenfeald

Related terms

• tēoþa

Descendants

• Middle English: ten, tene, tenne, tien
  • English: ten
  • Scots: ten
  • Yola: dhen

Old French

Etymology

Latin teum.

Adjective

tien

1. (stressed) yours; your

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

  un tien fils

  your son

  enveierai le tien

  I will send yours

Descendants

• French: tien

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

Numeral

tien

1. ten