negen

• Rhymes: -eːɣən
• IPA^(key): /ˈneː.ɣə(n)/

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From Middle Dutch negen, neghen, from Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten". Compare West Frisian njoggen, German neun, English nine, Danish ni.

negen (invariable)

1. (cardinal) nine

negen ? (plural negens, diminutive negentje n)

1. A nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine

   Die negens lijken wel achten

   Those nines look like eights

2. A nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine

   Een negen volstaat om deze robber te winnen

   A nine suffices to win this hand

• negeling m
• negendaags
• negendraad
• negenduizend
• negenentwintig
• negenderhande
• negenderlei
• negenerlei
• negenhoek
• negenhonderd
• negenjarig
• negenlesse
• negenkracht
• negenmaal
• negenman n
• negenmanneken n
• negenmis
• negenoog n
• negenproef
• negental n
• negentien
• negentig
• negentoon
• negenurenmis
• negenvoud n
• negenvoudig
• negenwerf
• negenweker m

negen

1. first-person singular present indicative of negenen
2. imperative of negenen

negen

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of nijgen

Ultimately cognate to German neun, English nine.

negen

1. nine (9)

• nëgen, nëge (Low Prussian)

Ultimately cognate to German neun, English nine.

negen

1. nine (9)

From Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːɣən/

nēgen

1. nine

• Dutch: negen
• Limburgish: nege

• “neghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “negen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929