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No. 2,650 in German

een

"Een" is not standard German; it appears to be a dialect or typo.

In a sentence

  • In Norddeutschland sagt man oft 'een' statt 'ein'.

    In northern Germany, people often say 'een' instead of 'ein'.

    'een' is a dialectal variation used as an indefinite article.

  • 'Een Moment, bitte', könnte man in Plattdeutsch hören.

    'One moment, please,' one might hear in Low German.

    'een' is used as 'one' referring to time in the regional Low German dialect.

  • Das Kind sagt: 'Ich habe een Apfel gegessen!'

    The child says: 'I ate an apple!'

    'een' is functioning as 'an' or 'a' in an informal or dialectal manner.

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