ein

Meaning

duck

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ai̯n/

Etymology

From Old Frisian *ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad.

Sentences

Dit wurdt wer in ferhaal mei in iepen ein .

This will again be a story with an open ending.

It wie as soe der nea in ein oan komme .

It was as if it would never end.

It wurdt tiid om dúdlik te meitsjen dat hjir in ein oan komme moat.

It is time to make it clear that this must come to an end.

Hy hie hele oare dingen by de ein .

He had completely different things at the end.

It pear wie sûnt ein juny mei fakânsje.

The couple had been on holiday since the end of June.

It jier rint stadichoan nei de ein .

The year is slowly coming to an end.

Guon doarpen lizze oan de ein fan de wrâld .

Some villages are at the end of the world.

Hy krige oan de ein fan moandeitemiddei te hearren dat er fuort moast.

He was told at the end of Monday afternoon that he had to leave.