binnen

Etymology

From Middle Dutch binnen, from Old Dutch *binnan.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

binnen

1. inside, indoors

   Als het regent kun je beter binnen blijven.

   When it rains it's better to stay inside.

2. (postpositional) (to) inside, into

   Het schip voerde de haven binnen.

   The ship sailed into the harbour.

Preposition

binnen

1. inside, within

   U mag enkel binnen de parkeervakken parkeren.

   You may only park inside the parking spaces.

2. within (a time)

   binnen tien minuten

   within ten minutes

Adjective

binnen (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. set for life, having obtained such success professionally and having been able to save enough money that one does not need to work any longer

Etymology

From Middle Low German binnen (“within”). The form is also Central German in Middle High German binnen (compare Luxembourgish bannen). It is originally an adverb meaning “within, inside” chiefly in local sense, equivalent to German innen. Binnen was adopted in modern standard German as a temporal preposition, while the prefix binnen- takes on the local sense of the word. Cognate with Dutch binnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnən/

Preposition

binnen (with genitive or dative)

1. within (a time span)
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 27/2010, page 70

     Die Aktienbörsen schalten oftmals binnen weniger Stunden von Depression auf Optimismus um – und wieder zurück.

     The stock markets often switch within a few hours from depression to optimism – and back again.

Further reading

• binnen in Duden online

Etymology

From Old Saxon bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnən/

Verb

binnen (third-person singular simple present binnt, past tense bunn, past participle bunnen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to bind

Etymology

From Old Dutch *binnan.

Preposition

binnen [+dative or genitive]

1. within, inside
2. within (a time span)
3. during
4. on, at (a time)

Adverb

binnen

1. inside

Further reading

• “binnen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “binnen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “binnen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929