tien

Afrikaans

Afrikaans cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tien
    Ordinal : tiende

Etymology

From Dutch tien, from Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Numeral

tien

  1. (cardinal) ten

Asturian

Verb

tien

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tener

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from earlier *tehunt, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Compare German zehn, English ten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : tien
    Ordinal : tiende

tien

  1. (cardinal) ten

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German zehn, English ten.

Numeral

tien

  1. ten (10)

Esperanto

Etymology

From tie +‎ -n.

Adverb

tien

  1. thither, to there, (demonstrative correlative of direction)

Usage notes

As with other demonstrative correlatives in Esperanto, tien can be combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, or with for, the adverbial particle of distance. Ĉi tien thus means here and for tien means there [in the distance].

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

tien

  1. Genitive singular form of tie.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From the neuter of Latin tuus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjɛ̃/
  • audio(file)

Adjective

tien (feminine singular tienne, masculine plural tiens, feminine plural tiennes)

  1. (archaic) your; belonging to you (singular)

Derived terms

Further reading

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German zehn, English ten.

Numeral

tien

  1. ten (10)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiən/

Numeral

tien

  1. ten
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch tian, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiən/

Verb

tien

  1. to pull, draw
  2. to go
  3. to raise or nurture
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: tijgen (with -g- from the past stem; -ij- may be from conflation with the verb below)

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːən/

Verb

tiën

  1. to accuse, blame
  2. to prosecute
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: aantijgen (with -g- from the past stem)

Further reading

  • “tien (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “tien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “tiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “tien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “tien (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “tiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Cognate with Old Frisian tiān, Old High German zehan (German zehn), Old Saxon tehan (Dutch tien), Old Norse tíu (Icelandic tíu, Norwegian ti, Swedish tio), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːyn/

Numeral

tīen

  1. (Early West Saxon) (cardinal) ten

Derived terms

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Latin teum.

Adjective

tien

  1. (stressed) yours; your

Usage notes

  • chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
    un tien fils
    your son
    enveierai le tien
    I will send yours

Descendants

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