één

See also: een, Een, e'en, -een, eên, and -éen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːn/

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• Hyphenation: één
• Rhymes: -eːn

Numeral

één

1. one

   Eén tel met jou is mooier dan een eeuwigheid alleen.

   One count with you is more beautiful than an eternity alone. (Marco Borsato ft. Sita – Lopen Op Het Water)

Usage notes

• A variant spelling of een, usually to emphasize the numeral aspect of the usage, as opposed to the indefinite article (which is pronounced [ən]).
• When only the first letter of één is capitalised, the acute accent is usually dropped from the upper case E: Eén.

Anagrams

• ene, nee