dein

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

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. 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. 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!
    • 1912, Luther-Bibel 1912, Der Brief des Paulus an Philemon, verse 4:
      Ich danke meinem Gott und gedenke dein allezeit in meinem Gebet[.]

Determiner

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

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

Inflection
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)

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲɪnʲ]

Verb

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

  1. Munster form of déan

Conjugation
Conjugation of dein
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 dheinteá dheineadh sé, sí dheinimís dheineadh sibh dheinidís a dheineadh /
ar dheineadh*		 dheintí
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 /
ar dhéanfadh*		 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.

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.in/, [ˈde.ɪn]
    or monosyllabic:
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dei̯n/

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

Manx

Verb

dein (verbal noun deiney)

  1. to molest

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
deingheinnein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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