eens

== English == === Noun === eens plural of een === Anagrams === seen, sene, Sene, snee, esne, Nees == Dutch == === Alternative forms === 'ns, 's (informal) is, es (informal, dialectal, often proscribed) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch eens, from Old Dutch ēnis. Equivalent to een (“one”) +‎ -s (genitive suffix). Cognate with German einst and eins (in eins sein/werden), English once. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːns/ (adverb when unstressed usually) IPA(key): /əns/, /əs/ (may informally be spelt 'ns, 's) Hyphenation: eens Rhymes: -eːns === Adverb === eens once, one time Synonyms: eenmaal, een keer sometime, at an unspecified time Synonym: ooit modal particle which gives a slightly softer tone to requests or imperatives (in negation) even ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: eens Petjo: eens === Conjunction === eens (Belgium) once, as soon as Synonym: zodra === Adjective === eens (used only predicatively, comparative meer eens, superlative meest eens) of one accord or opinion, in agreement ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: eens === Article === eens (archaic) genitive masculine/neuter of een; of a ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === snee == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German eins. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːns/ === Numeral === eens one == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From een (“one”). The -s is probably an original genitive suffix, though the modern use would appear to have been influenced by German eins (whose -s is of different origin). === Numeral === eens (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)