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een

/iːn/

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What does een mean?

adverb

  1. even.

noun

  1. evening.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (archaic) plural of eye

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IPA pronunciation

/iːn/

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I'll be seeing you the morn's morn, an' unco gude will be the sight o' you for sair een.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
It’s yon flaysome, graceless quean, that’s witched our lad, wi’ her bold een and her forrard ways—till—Nay! it fair brusts my heart!
Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsProject Gutenberg ebook #768
More book examples (3)
Een diamant van een dochter wordt een glas van eene vrouw.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
Een, twee, sen kopje thee; Een, klotje er bij, Af ben jij!
A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) CalhounHealthful Sports for BoysProject Gutenberg ebook #6129