teen – Dutch noun declension

Noun: teen
Gender: Masculine, Neuter Hyphenation:

Sg.	teen
Pl.	tenen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like teen

scheen, bombeen, linkerbeen, wijnsteen, penteen, fenomeen, klappersteen, maalsteen, Helleen, Armeen, schoorsteen, epifenomeen, zonneleen, maansteen, dijbeen, zoemsteen, niersteen, rechterbeen, hagelsteen, bruikleen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
2. The modern form was originally a plural (retained in van top tot teen), which was reanalysed as a singular. Compare schoen where the same has happened, or raaf and ui which went the opposite way.

Verbs referencing "teen"

English Nouns toe, German Nouns Zehe.

Translations