kein

== Breton == === Etymology === Cognate with Welsh cefn (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kebno- (“back”), from Pre-Celtic *kebn-, which could be related to *kambos (“crooked, bent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛjn/ === Noun === kein m (plural keinoù) back (the rear of body) === Mutation === === References === == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German kein, back-formation of original nekein (“not any”), from Old High German nihein, from Proto-West Germanic *nehwain, from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“not any”). Compare Dutch geen, Yiddish קיין (keyn). More at none. === Pronunciation === (Standard German) IPA(key): /kaɪ̯n/ (Swabian) IPA(key): /kɔɪ̯/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Homophone: Kain Homophone: keinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form) === Pronoun === kein no; not a(n); not one; not any Das ist kein Bett. ― That is not a bed. (literally, “That is no bed.”) Es gibt kein Brot. (accusative) ― There is no bread. ==== Usage notes ==== In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun. ==== Declension ==== The declension pattern for kein follows that of ein (“a”) and the possessive determiners, as does the declension of adjectives that follow kein. For the most part, the adjectives decline like those that appear after the definite article (the so-called weak declension pattern for German adjectives). However, kein lacks a masculine marker in the nominative case and a neuter marker in the nominative and accusative cases. Accordingly, adjectives following that plain form take an -er or -es to indicate the gender. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== keiner === Further reading === “kein” in Duden online “kein”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Low German == === Alternative forms === keen gien (some Dutch Low Saxon varieties) === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“nor one”). Cognate with German kein, Dutch geen. === Pronoun === kein no, none == Middle English == === Noun === kein (Hertfordshire) alternative form of kyn (“cows”) == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *kēne, from Proto-West Germanic *kōnī, from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“brave”). Cognate with English keen, Dutch koen, German kühn. === Pronunciation === (Clay) IPA(key): /kai̯n/ (Wood) IPA(key): /kɛi̯n/ === Adjective === kein proud, lively, perky appropriate, neat pretty, charming prudish; chaste ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “kein”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011