deinen

Said to be a borrowing from Frisian, from Old Frisian *thina, of uncertain origin, but possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *þį̄han (“to thrive”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi̯nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dei‧nen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən

deinen

1. (intransitive) to bob (to move up and down with the motion of waves)

• deining
• meedeinen
• nadeinen
• opdeinen
• uitdeinen

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ̯nən/, [ˈdaɪ̯nən], [ˈdaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /daɪ̯n/ (colloquial)

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• Homophone: dein (nonstandard)

deinen m sg or pl

1. (possessive) inflection of dein:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. dative plural

• 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.

Compound of dei +‎ nen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪi̯.nɪŋ]

deinen

1. day name (ritual name of Ashanti origin, given to a child born on a given day of the week; e.g., Kwaku for a boy born on a Wednesday)