een
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Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ən/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch êen, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.
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