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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Dinka.

Symbol

din

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dinka.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dinka terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Hyphenation: din
• Homophone: den (pin–pen merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).

Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.

Noun

din (countable and uncountable, plural dins)

1. A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

   din and bustle

   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?

   • 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Fifth. The Court.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza IV, page 245:

     [B]red to war, / He knew the battle’s din afar, / And joyed to hear it swell.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto LXXXVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 129:

     How often, hither wandering down,
     My Arthur found your shadows fair,
     And shook to all the liberal air
     The dust and din and steam of town:

   • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

     The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.

   • 1998, Ian McEwan, Amsterdam‎^[3], New York: Anchor, published 1999, Part 1, Chapter 1, pp. 9-10:

     So many faces Clive had never seen by daylight, and looking terrible, like cadavers jerked upright to welcome the newly dead. Invigorated by this jolt of misanthropy, he moved sleekly through the din, ignored his name when it was called, withdrew his elbow when it was plucked [...]

   • 2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

     England certainly made a mockery of the claim that they might somehow be intimidated by the Glasgow din. Celtic Park was a loud, seething pit of bias.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:din.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:din

Derived terms

• dinful
• dinsome
• earthdin

Translations

loud noise

• Bulgarian: врява (bg) f (vrjava), глъчка (bg) f (glăčka)
• Catalan: rebombori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳鳴 / 耳鸣 (zh) (ěrmíng), 吵鬧 / 吵闹 (zh) (chǎonào)

• Czech: hluk (cs) m, rámus (cs) m, kravál (cs) m
• Dutch: lawaai (nl), geschreeuw (nl)
• Finnish: meteli (fi), metakka (fi), mekkala (fi)
• French: vacarme (fr) m, boucan (fr) m (colloquial)
• Galician: estrondo m, rebumbio m, balbordo m
• German: Lärm (de) m, Krach (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κέλαδος m (kélados), (of battle) ὅμαδος m (hómados)

• Irish: gleo, fothram m
• Italian: baccano (it) m, frastuono (it) m, schiamazzo (it) m, strepitio (it) m
• Japanese: 騒音 (ja) (そうおん, sōon)
• Korean: 소음(騷音) (ko) (so'eum)
• Latin: strepitus m, clāmor (la) m
• Macedonian: врева f (vreva)
• Māori: tararau, matioke
• Norman: tinné m
• Norwegian: drønn
• Old English: dyn m
• Polish: hałas (pl) m, gwar (pl) m, zgiełk (pl) m, rumor (pl) m
• Portuguese: estrépido m, algazarra (pt) f, clamor (pt) m
• Russian: гул (ru) m (gul), шум (ru) m (šum), гвалт (ru) m (gvalt), гро́хот (ru) m (gróxot), галдёж (ru) m (galdjóž) (people or animals)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: chighìlliu, chimentu

• Slovene: ropot m, trušč m
• Spanish: estruendo (es) m
• Telugu: గోల (te) (gōla), గొడవ (te) (goḍava)

Etymology 2

From Middle English dynnen, from Old English dynnan, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).

Verb

din (third-person singular simple present dins, present participle dinning, simple past and past participle dinned)

1. (intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
   • 1820, William Wordsworth, “The Waggoner” Canto 2, in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 2, p. 21,^[5]

     For, spite of rumbling of the wheels,

     A welcome greeting he can hear;—

     It is a fiddle in its glee

     Dinning from the CHERRY TREE!

   • 1920, Zane Grey, “The Rube’s Pennant”, in The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories‎^[6], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 68:

     My confused senses received a dull roar of pounding feet and dinning voices as the herald of victory.

   • 1924, Edith Wharton, chapter 4, in Old New York: New Year’s Day (The ’Seventies)‎^[7], New York: D. Appleton & Co., pages 62–63:

     Should she speak of having been at the fire herself—or should she not? The question dinned in her brain so loudly that she could hardly hear what her companion was saying […]

   • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 231:

     Those who slept that Sunday night in the Juvenile Shelter were wakened next morning by a bell dinning up and down the corridors[.]

2. (intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
   • 1914, Rex Beach, chapter 3, in The Auction Block‎^[8], New York: Harper & Bros., page 33:

     The room was dinning with the strains of an invisible orchestra and the vocal uproar […]

3. (transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
   • 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder: or Political Essays, London: D. Midwinter & J. Tonson, No. 8, 16 January, 1716, pp. 45-46,^[9]

     She ought in such Cases to exert the Authority of the Curtain Lecture; and if she finds him of a rebellious Disposition, to tame him, as they do Birds of Prey, by dinning him in the Ears all Night long.

   • 1817, John Keats, “On the Sea”, in Richard Monckton Milnes, editor, Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats‎^[10], volume 2, London: Edward Moxon, published 1848, page 291:

     Oh ye! whose ears are dinn’d with uproar rude,
     Or fed too much with cloying melody,—
     Sit ye near some old cavern’s mouth, and brood
     Until ye start, as if the sea-nymphs quired!

   • 1938, Graham Greene, chapter 1, in Brighton Rock, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:

     No alarm-clock dinned her to get up but the morning light woke her, pouring through the uncurtained glass.

4. (transitive) To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).
   • 1724, The Hibernian Patriot: Being a Collection of the Drapier’s Letters to the People of Ireland concerning Mr. Wood’s Brass Half-Pence‎^[11], London: Jonathan Swift, published 1730, Letter 2, p. 61:

     This has been often dinned in my Ears.

   • 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 50, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:

     “Mamma, do you forget that I have promised to marry Roger Hamley?” said Cynthia quietly.
     “No! of course I don’t—how can I, with Molly always dinning the word ‘engagement’ into my ears? […] ”

   • 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001:

     By careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies and the Youth League, by lectures, parades, songs, slogans, and martial music, the natural feeling had been driven out of them.

   • 2004, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, page 183:

     His mother had dinned The Whole Duty of Man into him in early childhood.

   • 2014 April 1, Susan Shwartz, Shards of Empire, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

     […] despite all the wisdom that had been taught, all the lessons dinned into easily frightened children, and, on too many occasions in all those years, enforced by fire and sword, the mystery here was one of and for women.

Synonyms

• (repeat continuously): drum.

Derived terms

• outdin
• unbedinned

Translations

to make noise

• Czech: hlučet, dělat rámus

to resound

to assail with noise

• Czech: ohlušovat

to repeat continuously

• Czech: hučet (cs) (do koho)

Etymology 3

Noun

din (uncountable)

1. (Islam) Alternative spelling of deen (“religion, faith, religiosity”).

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing "din"

• beth din
• din-din
• din-dins
• dindle

Anagrams

• DNI, IDN, IND, Ind, Ind., in d., ind., nid

Abinomn

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

din (dual dirom, plural doidi)

1. (anatomy) calf

Akan

Alternative forms

• edin

Noun

dín

1. name

   Wo din de sɛn? ― What is your name?

2. fame

Derived terms

• kradin

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “din”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• dihet

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *deina (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey-no-, ultimately from *dyew- (“to shine”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dьnь, Latvian diena, Lithuanian dėina, Old Prussian dēinā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

Verb

din (aorist diu, participle dinë)

1. to break (of the day)

Related terms

• di
• gdhij

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		дин
Arabic		دین

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [din]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Noun

din (definite accusative dini, sound plural dinlər, broken plural ədyan)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Declension

Declension of din

	singular	plural
		sound	broken
nominative	din	dinlər	ədyan
definite accusative	dini	dinləri	ədyanı
dative	dinə	dinlərə	ədyana
locative	dində	dinlərdə	ədyanda
ablative	dindən	dinlərdən	ədyandan
definite genitive	dinin	dinlərin	ədyanın

Possessive forms of din

	nominative
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinim	dinlərim	ədyanım
sənin (“your”)	dinin	dinlərin	ədyanın
onun (“his/her/its”)	dini	dinləri	ədyanı
bizim (“our”)	dinimiz	dinlərimiz	ədyanımız
sizin (“your”)	dininiz	dinləriniz	ədyanınız
onların (“their”)	dini or dinləri	dinləri	ədyanı
	accusative
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinimi	dinlərimi	ədyanımı
sənin (“your”)	dinini	dinlərini	ədyanını
onun (“his/her/its”)	dinini	dinlərini	ədyanını
bizim (“our”)	dinimizi	dinlərimizi	ədyanımızı
sizin (“your”)	dininizi	dinlərinizi	ədyanınızı
onların (“their”)	dinini or dinlərini	dinlərini	ədyanını
	dative
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinimə	dinlərimə	ədyanıma
sənin (“your”)	dininə	dinlərinə	ədyanına
onun (“his/her/its”)	dininə	dinlərinə	ədyanına
bizim (“our”)	dinimizə	dinlərimizə	ədyanımıza
sizin (“your”)	dininizə	dinlərinizə	ədyanınıza
onların (“their”)	dininə or dinlərinə	dinlərinə	ədyanına
	locative
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinimdə	dinlərimdə	ədyanımda
sənin (“your”)	dinində	dinlərində	ədyanında
onun (“his/her/its”)	dinində	dinlərində	ədyanında
bizim (“our”)	dinimizdə	dinlərimizdə	ədyanımızda
sizin (“your”)	dininizdə	dinlərinizdə	ədyanınızda
onların (“their”)	dinində or dinlərində	dinlərində	ədyanında
	ablative
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinimdən	dinlərimdən	ədyanımdan
sənin (“your”)	dinindən	dinlərindən	ədyanından
onun (“his/her/its”)	dinindən	dinlərindən	ədyanından
bizim (“our”)	dinimizdən	dinlərimizdən	ədyanımızdan
sizin (“your”)	dininizdən	dinlərinizdən	ədyanınızdan
onların (“their”)	dinindən or dinlərindən	dinlərindən	ədyanından
	genitive
	singular	plural
		sound	broken
mənim (“my”)	dinimin	dinlərimin	ədyanımın
sənin (“your”)	dininin	dinlərinin	ədyanının
onun (“his/her/its”)	dininin	dinlərinin	ədyanının
bizim (“our”)	dinimizin	dinlərimizin	ədyanımızın
sizin (“your”)	dininizin	dinlərinizin	ədyanınızın
onların (“their”)	dininin or dinlərinin	dinlərinin	ədyanının

Derived terms

• din-iman
• dinçi
• dindar
• dindarlıq
• dindaş
• dindaşlıq
• dini
• dinpərəst
• dinpərəstlik
• dinpərvər
• dinpərvərlik
• dinsiz
• dinsizlik

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “din”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[12] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 637
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “din”, in Azleks

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/ [d̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: din

Etymology 1

Verb

din

1. feminine allocutive of du (third-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, present indicative of izan (“to have”, transitive auxiliary))

Etymology 2

Verb

din

1. third-person singular, with familiar second-person singular feminine indirect object and singular direct object, present indicative of izan (transitive auxiliary)

Breton

Pronoun

din

1. first-person singular of da

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *din, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

Noun

din m (plural dinyow)

1. fort

Derived terms

• dinas (“fort”)

Mutation

Mutation of din

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
din	dhin	unchanged	tin	tin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “din” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz (“your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/, [d̥iːˀn]

Determiner

din (neuter dit, plural dine)

1. your, thy (singular; one owner)
2. yours, thine (singular; one owner)

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Edo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dĩ́/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

din

1. to be brave, to be bold

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

din

1. to be hoarse

References

• Rebecca N. Agheyisi (1986), An Ẹdo - English Dictionary‎^[13], Ethiope Publishing Corporation, page 18

Galician

Verb

din

1. third-person plural present indicative of dicir

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

Adverb

din

1. there (very far from the speaker)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• dien

Etymology

From Malay din, from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪn/ [ˈdin]

Noun

din (plural din-din)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

   Synonym: agama

Related terms

• diniah

Further reading

• “din”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• ren, den
• rin (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dən (completive particle). Compare Tagalog din, Aklanon eon, Cebuano ron, and Maranao den.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdin/ [ˈdin]
• Hyphenation: rin

Adverb

din

1. too; also; really

   Synonyms: saka, mo, pati, ampo, man, tagana, tutu

   Yakurin

   Me too.

   Alimurin

   Not really.

2. finally

   Synonyms: sawakas, kawakas, katawli, simap naman

   Mekapagpainawa naren

   Now, I can finally rest!

   Apanalben kunerin tang pelage da.

   I finally watched the show.

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, rin is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made. Other words with this phenomenon include den, deni, deng, deta, de, do, and da.

Derived terms

• din naman
• makanitarin
• mandin

See also

• man
• naman

Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *daqan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan.

Noun

din

1. branch

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

din m (Hebrew spelling דין)

1. religious law

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “din¹”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “din”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 142
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “din”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 117

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdin/ [ˈdin]
• Rhymes: -den, -en
• Hyphenation: din

Noun

din (Jawi spelling دين, plural din-din)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

   Synonyms: agama, anutan, kepercayaan

Further reading

• "din" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "din" at PRPM first version)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Noun

din m (plural djien)

1. (dated or puristic) religion

   Synonym: reliġjon

Etymology 2

Determiner

din (masculine dan, plural dawn)

1. feminine singular of dan

   Alternative forms: dina, di

   Coordinate term: hedan (hedana)

Mandarin

Romanization

din

1. nonstandard spelling of dìn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

din

1. alternative form of dyne

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese দিন (din).

Noun

din (locative dinte)

1. day

Derived terms

• din raati

North Frisian

Determiner

din

1. (Sylt) thy (first-person singular possessive determiner)
2. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of dan (“thy”)

Pronoun

din (plural (Sylt) dinen)

1. (Sylt) yours, thine (first-person singular possessive pronoun)
2. (Föhr-Amrum) feminine/neuter of dan (“yours, thine”)
3. (Mooring) feminine/neuter/plural of dan (“yours, thine”)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced				attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi			man	min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di			dan	din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n		san	sin		sinen
		f or n	hat	at, 't		at, 't
plural	1st		wi	'f	üs			üüs			üüsen
								üsens
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jau			jauen
								jamens
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's		hör			hören
								hörens

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
• The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooring dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter / plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced
singular	1st		ik	'k	me			man	min
	2nd		dü	–	de			dan	din
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n		san	sin
		f	jü	's	har	's		harn	har
		n	hat	et, 't	ham	et, 't		san	sin
plural	1st		we		üs			üüsen	üüs
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jarnge
	3rd		ja	's	ja, jam	's		jare

The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			singular referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced			attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi			min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di			din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	höm	'n		sin		sinen
		f	jü	's	höör	's		höör		höören
		n	hat	et, 't	höm	et, 't		sin		sinen
dual	1st		wat		unk		unk		unken
	2nd		at		junk		junk		junken
	3rd		jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st		wü		üüs		üüs		üüsen
	2nd		i		juu		juu		juuen
	3rd		ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• dî

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Adjective

din (not comparable)

1. other

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːn/

Pronoun

dīn

1. accusative/genitive of dii

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

PIE word
*túh₂

Inherited from Middle Norwegian thin (“your; yours”), from Old Norse þinn (also þínn), from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz (“your; yours”). The Proto-Germanic form continues pre-Germanic *tey-no-, formed from an oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you (singular)”) with an adjectival *-no- suffix.

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk din, Danish din, Swedish din, Icelandic þinn, Faroese tín, German dein and English thy and thine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/, [diːn]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /dɪn/, [dɪn]
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: din

Determiner

din m (feminine di, neuter ditt, plural dine)

1. your; belonging to, associated with, or concerning the person addressed; the second-person singular possessive.

   Jeg fant boka di på bordet. ― I found your book on the table.

   Er dette din sykkel? ― Is this your bicycle?

   dine og mine barn — your children and mine; especially children from previous relationships in a blended family.

   • 1930, Bibelen‎^[14], 1 Corinthians 15:55:

     Død, hvor er din brodd?

     Death, where is your sting?

   • 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter‎^[15], volume I, page 365:

     og i dit hvide hoved man en troløs flamme saa, Sieyes

     And in your white head one saw a faithless flame, Sieyès.

   • 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter‎^[16], volume II, page 249:

     o hvad fryd for dine taarne, Akershuus i hviden sky!

     Oh, what joy for your towers, Akershus in the white clouds!

   • 1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr‎^[17], page 321:

     aa, hold din skidne kjæft!

     Oh, shut your filthy mouth!

   • 1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “En glad gut”, in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons Fortællinger‎^[18], page 282:

     løft dit hode, du raske gut!

     Lift your head, you lively lad!

   • 1883, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, En hanske‎^[19], page 23:

     [du] ærter mig med dine gruelige grunsætninger

     [You] tease me with your dreadful principles.

   • 1883, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, En hanske‎^[20], page 47:

     vil du virkelig gå ænnu længre, nu vel, – stil dine betingelser!

     If you really want to go even further, very well—state your terms!

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte‎^[21], volume I, page 34:

     Herre, tag i din sterke hand barnet, som leger ved stranden

     Lord, take into your strong hand the child playing on the shore.

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt‎^[22], page 205:

     læs dit Fadervor!

     Say your Lord’s Prayer!

   • 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand‎^[23], page 8:

     datter din, som bor ved fjorden, har skikket bud, at snart hun dør

     Your daughter, who lives by the fjord, has sent word that she will soon die.

   • 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand‎^[24], page 120:

     vær på din post mod fogden

     Be on your guard against the bailiff.

   • 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand‎^[25], page 127:

     gå den vej, din Gud dig bød!

     Take the path your God commanded you to take!

   • 1917, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Skrifter‎^[26], volume I, page 75:

     o gid jeg kunde gjætte dine tanker, hyacinth!

     Oh, if only I could guess your thoughts, hyacinth!

   • 1917, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker‎^[27], volume I, page 35:

     din konto hos mig beløper sig nu til 9000 kr.

     Your account with me now amounts to 9,000 kroner.

   • 1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker‎^[28], volume II, page 193:

     din far vil føie dig i alt det du ber om

     Your father will grant you everything you ask for.

   • 1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen‎^[29], page 108:

     [hun] vasket skidten av datter dins ryg

     [She] washed the dirt off your daughter’s back.

   • 1993, Arild Nyquist, Ungdom‎^[30], page 16:

     av forskjellige grunner holder du dine søsken helt eller delvis utenfor

     For various reasons, you keep your siblings wholly or partly out of it.

   • 1994, Line Baugstø, Brist‎^[31]:

     du vet ikke hvor mannen din er?

     You don’t know where your husband is?

   • 1997, Ola Bauer, Magenta‎^[32]:

     det er din kveld

     It is your night.

   • 2012, Carl-Henrik Bergsjø, Ingvild Kvikstad, Spinn. Kroppsøving for den videregående skolen, page 5:

     faget [dvs. kroppsøving] skal sette deg i stand til å ta vare på helsa di […]

     The subject [i.e. physical education] is intended to enable you to look after your health […]

   • 2013, Motor, number 5, page 56, column 1:

     sjusetere er ettertraktet blant familier med dine og mine barn

     Seven-seaters are sought after among families with your children and mine.

   1. (literary) your; referring to the person addressed as the object of an action or representation expressed by the noun.

      Vi venter på din utnevnelse. ― We are waiting for your appointment.

      • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker‎^[33], volume II, page 25:

        min barm vil aldrig dit billed miste

        My heart will never lose your image.

      • 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler‎^[34], page 114:

        jeg venter til du har fåt din udnævnelse

        I am waiting until you have received your appointment.

2. your; expressing affection or attachment before a personal name or designation, especially in letter closings.

   Mange hilsener fra din venn Erik. ― Best wishes from your friend Erik.

   • 1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “En glad gut”, in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons Fortællinger‎^[35], page 272:

     så vil jeg lægge mig, og tænke på dig, og det vil jeg gjøre, lige til jeg sovner. Din ven Øyvind Pladsen

     Then I will lie down and think of you, and I will do that until I fall asleep. Your friend Øyvind Pladsen.

   • 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret‎^[36], page 82:

     det var dig som gik til din Ellida Wangel forrige lørdag

     It was you who went to your Ellida Wangel last Saturday.

   • 1988, Klaus Hagerup, Alt er så nær meg‎^[37]:

     mange hilsener din Inger Hagerup

     Best wishes, yours, Inger Hagerup.

3. (colloquial) you; used before a noun in direct address, especially an insult or an affectionate description.

   Kom hit, din lille luring! ― Come here, you little rascal!

   Ditt fjols! ― You fool!

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt‎^[38], page 161:

     profeten er ikke gammel, din gås!

     The prophet is not old, you goose!

   • 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet‎^[39], page 14:

     Hilde –! Din uskikkelige unge! Er du rent gal!

     Hilde! You naughty child! Are you quite mad!

   • 1923, Hans Aanrud, Fortællinger‎^[40], volume II, page 49:

     ptro! ptro! Vil du staa, din rakker!

     Whoa! Whoa! Will you stand still, you rascal!

   • 1993, Tormod Haugen, På sporet av Frøken Detektiv‎^[41]:

     – Ditt ufordragelige menneske! sa hun

     “You unbearable person!” she said.

   • 2008, Unni Lindell, Mørkemannen:

     [hun] la ansiktet ned i hundens nakke. Snuste inn lukten. – Ditt lille fnugg. Jeg elsker deg

     [She] buried her face in the dog’s neck. Breathed in the smell. “You little fluffball. I love you.”

   1. (with the following noun left unexpressed) you; used in teasing or reproachful address.
      • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker‎^[42], volume IV, page 433:

        der kneb jeg dig, din!

        There, I caught you, you ...!

Usage notes

• The forms agree with the gender and number of the possessed noun: masculine din, feminine di, neuter ditt, and plural dine. The addressee remains singular: bøkene dine means “your books”, addressed to one person.
• A preceding possessive normally accompanies an indefinite noun (din sykkel); a following possessive normally accompanies a definite noun (sykkelen din). An adjective after a preceding possessive has its definite form: din nye sykkel. Preposed possessives often emphasize ownership or give the phrase a more formal tone.
• Some kinship terms also allow an indefinite noun before the possessive: far din, mor di, bror din. Definite forms such as faren din are also used.
• When the possessor is also the subject, din and its forms are still used for the second person: Du tok jakka di (“You took your jacket”). Reflexive sin and its forms are used with third-person possessors.
• Before a number, plural dine can emphasize a substantial quantity associated with the person addressed: Du veier vel dine hundre kilo? (“You must weigh a good hundred kilos?”).
• In direct address, agreement follows the noun used to address someone, not the person's gender: din idiot, di gås, ditt fjols.
• Rare historical examples add genitive -s after a postposed possessive, as in datter dins ryg (“your daughter's back”), quoted above.

Pronoun

din m (feminine di, neuter ditt, plural dine)

1. yours; that which belongs to or is associated with the person addressed; used independently, with the possessed noun understood.

   Den røde sykkelen er din, og den blå er min. ― The red bicycle is yours, and the blue one is mine.

   Jeg har glemt nøkkelen min. Kan jeg låne din? ― I have forgotten my key. Can I borrow yours?

   • 1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “En glad gut”, in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons Fortællinger‎^[43], page 231:

     «Er den din, den bukken?» spurte jenten

     “Is that goat yours?” asked the girl.

   • 1873, Henrik Ibsen, Hærmændene på Helgeland‎^[44], page 78:

     hvem er nu den ypperste mand i laget, min husbond eller din!

     Who is now the finest man in the company, my husband or yours!

   • 1896, Henrik Ibsen, John Gabriel Borkman‎^[45], page 17:

     du fik jo reddet alt det som dit var

     You did manage to save everything that was yours.

   • 1899, Henrik Ibsen, Når vi døde vågner‎^[46], page 132:

     [det var] vort barn. Mit og dit

     [It was] our child. Mine and yours.

   1. yours; devoted or attached to you, especially romantically.

      Jeg er din for alltid. ― I am yours forever.

      • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt‎^[47], page 154:

        du har mig jo. Jeg er jo din – må være det – i al evighed

        You have me, after all. I am yours—must be yours—for all eternity.

2. (in the plural, dine) your family or loved ones.

   deg og dine — you and your family; you and your loved ones.

   Jeg ønsker deg og dine en god jul. ― I wish you and your family a merry Christmas.

   • 1895 March 30, Henrik Ibsen, Brev til Jonas Lie‎^[48]:

     Hjertelige hilsener til dig og dine fra din hengivne Henrik Ibsen.

     Warm greetings to you and your family from your devoted Henrik Ibsen.

3. (in the neuter singular, ditt) your possessions, affairs, interests or share, considered collectively.

   Du passer på ditt, og jeg passer på mitt. ― You look after your affairs, and I will look after mine.

   stå på ditt — to stand your ground; to maintain your position.

   mitt og ditt — what belongs to me and what belongs to you; the distinction between our possessions.

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt‎^[49], page 116:

     ho-ho; der har vi Gud Fader! Sankt Peder, nu får du dit!

     Ho-ho, there we have God the Father! Saint Peter, now you will get what is coming to you!

   • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden‎^[50], page 223:

     [kunne du ikke] slå dig ned i dagligstuen? Der havde du alt dit for dig selv

     [Couldn’t you] settle down in the sitting room? There you would have all your things to yourself.

   • 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet‎^[51], page 171:

     [du skal] løse mig fra ethvert forhold til dig og dit!

     [You must] free me from every connection with you and your affairs!

   • 1985, Lars Saabye Christensen, Blodets bånd, page 119:

     det var en vanlig norsk dør, som markerte hva som var ute og inne, mitt og ditt

     It was an ordinary Norwegian door, marking what was outside and inside, mine and yours.

Usage notes

• The same gender and number agreement applies as for the determiner: Sykkelen er din, Boka er di, Huset er ditt, Bøkene er dine.

Related terms

• du (“you; second-person singular subject pronoun”)
• deg (“you; second-person singular object pronoun”)

See also

• deres (“your; yours; second-person plural”)
• Deres (“your; yours”) (polite)
• Eders (“your; yours”) (archaic, polite)

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	min	mi	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	din	di	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		feminine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine

References

• “din” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “din” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• nid

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þínn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

Determiner

din m (feminine di, neuter ditt, plural dine)

1. your, yours

Declension

Declension of din

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	din	di	ditt
dative1	dinom	dinne	dino
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	dine	dina2	dine, di
dative1	dinom

¹ Rare or dialectal. ² Unofficial today.

References

• “din” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Preposition

din

1. inside; alternative form of dins

Old High German

Alternative forms

• thīn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old English þīn, Old Norse þínn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/

Pronoun

dīn

1. genitive singular of du

Determiner

dīn

1. your (singular)

Inflection

Strong declension of din

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dīnēr, dīn	dīniu, dīn	dīnaȥ, dīn
accusative	dīnan	dīna	dīnaȥ, dīn
genitive	dīnes	dīnera	dīnes
dative	dīnemu	dīneru	dīnemu
instrumental	dīnu	—	dīnu
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dīne, dīn	dīno, dīn	dīniu, dīn
accusative	dīne	dīno	dīniu, dīn
genitive	dīnero	dīnero	dīnero
dative	dīnēm	dīnēm	dīnēm

Old High German personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative
singular	first person		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	second person		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	third person	m	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		f	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		n	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
plural	first person		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	second person1		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	third person	n	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		f	sio	sio
		n	siu	siu

¹ Also polite singular form

Descendants

• Middle High German: dīn
  • Alemannic German: diin, dyn
  • Bavarian: dei
  • Cimbrian: dain, doi (Luserna)
  • German: dein
  • Hunsrik: dein
  • Luxembourgish: däin
  • Yiddish: דײַן (dayn)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[52], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of di +‎ in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̠ʲin/

Article

din

1. of/from the sg

Romanian

Etymology

From de + în.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -in

Preposition

din (+accusative)

1. on, on top of
2. from, out of

   din Spania

   from Spain

   unul din doi

   one out of two

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn. Cognates include West Frisian dyn and German dein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/

Determiner

din (feminine dien, neuter dien, plural dien, predicative dinnen)

1. thy, your

See also

Saterland Frisian possessives

			possessive determiners			possessive pronouns
			masculine referent	other referent		masculine referent	other referent
singular	1st		min	mien		minnen	mienen
	2nd		din	dien		dinnen	dienen
	3rd	m or n	sin	sien		sinnen	sienen
		f	hiere			hierens
plural	1st		uus			uzen
	2nd		jou			jouens
	3rd		hiere			hierens

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “din”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdin/ [ˈd̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: din

Noun

din

1. clipping of dinero

Further reading

• “din”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/ [d̪ɪn̪ː]

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish þīn, from Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Determiner

din c (neuter singular ditt, plural dina)

1. your, yours (common gender, singular)

   Din katt är söt

   Your cat [common gender, like almost all animals] is cute

   Scenen är din!

   The stage [common gender] is yours!

   Note that the common gender of scen (“scene; stage”) is reflected in the definite form scenen.

   Bilen är din, inte min

   The car [common gender] is yours, not mine

   The common gender of bil (“car”) is reflected in the definite form bilen, like above.

2. you (vocative determiner used before a singular common gender noun)

   Din jävla idiot!

   You bloody idiot [common gender]!

   Din lille fan!

   You little bastard [common gender]!

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

Noun

din

1. definite singular of di

References

• “din”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “din”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “din”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rin
• den, ren — colloquial

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dən (completive particle). Compare Aklanon eon, Cebuano ron, and Maranao den.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdin/ [ˈd̪ɪn̪], (colloquial) /ˈden/ [ˈd̪ɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: din

Adverb

din (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

1. too; also

   Synonyms: saka, man

2. finally; at last

   Natapos din ang trabaho ko.

   My job is finished at last.

3. fairly; somewhat

   Masarap din.

   It was fairly delicious.

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, rin is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, diyan, doon, and daw.

Derived terms

• din naman
• gayundin
• mandin

See also

• man
• naman
• salarin

Further reading

• “din”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Talysh

Etymology

Derived from Arabic دين.

Noun

din

1. religion

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• dih, diha, dihanini, dihaniti
• dihi, dihiti, dihitin, dihitani, dihitanin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. By surface analysis, d + -in.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ðɪn]
• Syllabification: din
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Adverb

din (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵉⵏ)

1. there

Usage notes

Some alternative forms may carry more emphasis. Some are regionally restricted.

See also

Tarifit table of correlatives

		Deictic distance / reference
		proximal	distal	far distal	anaphoric
		-a “here / this”	-in “there / that”	-iha “over there”	-nni “afore-mentioned”
Deictic clitics		-a	-in	—	-nni
Demonstrative pronouns	masculine w-	wa	win	—	wenni
	feminine t-	ta	tin	—	tenni
Deictic adverbs	location d	da	din	diha	dinni
	direction s	ssa	ssin	ssiha	ssenni
	manner am	ammu, amya	—	—	amenni
	temporal řweqt	řexxu, řuxa	—	—	řexdenni

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish دین, from Arabic دِين (dīn) with some influence from Middle Persian (see the Arabic term for details).

Noun

din (definite accusative dini, plural dinler)

1. (religion) System of beliefs dealing with soul, deity or life after death.

Declension

Declension of din

	singular	plural
nominative	din	dinler
definite accusative	dini	dinleri
dative	dine	dinlere
locative	dinde	dinlerde
ablative	dinden	dinlerden
genitive	dinin	dinlerin

Derived terms

• dinci
• dincilik
• dinli
• dinlilik
• dinsiz
• dinsizlik

Etymology 2

Verb

din

1. second-person singular imperative of dinmek

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	دین
	Yangi Imlo	دين
Cyrillic		дин
Latin		din

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai دین (dīn /⁠dīn⁠/), from Classical Persian دین (dīn), from Arabic دِين m (dīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/, [d̪i̞n]
• Hyphenation: din

Noun

din

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Declension

Declension of din

	singular	plural
nominative	din	dinlar
genitive	dinning	dinlarning
dative	dinga	dinlarga
definite accusative	dinni	dinlarni
locative	dinda	dinlarda
ablative	dindan	dinlardan
similative	dindek	dinlardek

Possessive forms of din

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	dinim	dinlarim
genitive	dinimning	dinlarimning
dative	dinimga	dinlarimga
definite accusative	dinimni	dinlarimni
locative	dinimda	dinlarimda
ablative	dinimdan	dinlarimdan
similative	dinimdek	dinlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	dining	dinlaring
genitive	diningning	dinlaringning
dative	diningga	dinlaringga
definite accusative	diningni	dinlaringni
locative	diningda	dinlaringda
ablative	diningdan	dinlaringdan
similative	diningdek	dinlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	dini	dinlari
genitive	dinining	dinlarining
dative	diniga	dinlariga
definite accusative	dinini	dinlarini
locative	dinida	dinlarida
ablative	dinidan	dinlaridan
similative	dinidek	dinlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	dinimiz	dinlarimiz
genitive	dinimizning	dinlarimizning
dative	dinimizga	dinlarimizga
definite accusative	dinimizni	dinlarimizni
locative	dinimizda	dinlarimizda
ablative	dinimizdan	dinlarimizdan
similative	dinimizdek	dinlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	diningiz	dinlaringiz
genitive	diningizning	dinlaringizning
dative	diningizga	dinlaringizga
definite accusative	diningizni	dinlaringizni
locative	diningizda	dinlaringizda
ablative	diningizdan	dinlaringizdan
similative	diningizdek	dinlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	dini	dinlari
genitive	dinining	dinlarining
dative	diniga	dinlariga
definite accusative	dinini	dinlarini
locative	dinida	dinlarida
ablative	dinidan	dinlaridan
similative	dinidek	dinlaridek

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ding.

Noun

din (genitive dina, plural dins)

1. thing
   • 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Söl: ‚Tarnow’ äbinom konletan zilik dinas valik teföl valemapükis valasotik. Bukem valemapükik omik, kel äbinon ba gretikün un Deutän, ye pedistukon ti löliko.

     Mr. Tarnow was an industrious collector of all things in the field of world languages. His library, which was probably the largest in Germany, has, however, been almost completely destroyed.

Declension

Declension of din

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	din	dins
Genitive	dina	dinas
Dative	dine	dines
Accusative	dini	dinis
Predicative1	dinu	dinus
Vocative	o din	o dins

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• dinöf
• dinöfik

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophone: dyn (South Wales)

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh din, from Old Welsh din, from Proto-Brythonic *din, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Noun

din m

1. (obsolete) city, fort, stronghold

Usage notes

Found chiefly as an element in place names, e.g. Dinbych (Denbigh), Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen).

Derived terms

• dinas (“city”)
• murddin (“fortification”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of din

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
din	ddin	nin	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

din

1. soft mutation of tin

Mutation

Mutated forms of tin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tin	din	nhin	thin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/

Noun

din c (plural dinnen, diminutive dintsje)

1. pine, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Further reading

• “din (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba dẹ́n, Èkìtì Yoruba dị́n, Itsekiri dẹ́n, Ifè ɖɛ̃́, Igala dẹ́, and Olukumi dín. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *dɪ̃́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dĩ́/

Verb

dín

1. to fry in oil

   a dín ata ― We fried pepper

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: dín (“to fry”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			dẹ́n
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		dẹ́n
		Ìjẹ̀bú			dẹ́n
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	dẹ́n
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	dẹ́n
				Ìkòròdú	dẹ́n
				Ṣágámù	dẹ́n
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			dẹ́n
			Òkìtìpupa		dẹ́n
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			dẹ́n
			Mahin		dẹ́n
		Oǹdó			dẹ́n
			Oǹdó		dẹ́n
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			dẹ́n
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		dẹ́n
		Usẹn			dẹ́n
			Usẹn		dẹ́n
	Ìtsẹkírì				dẹ́n
		Ìwẹrẹ			dẹ́n
	Olùkùmi				dín
		Ugbódù			dín
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	dị́n
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	dị́n
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	dị́n
	Northwest Yoruba	Èkó			dín
			Èkó		dín
		Ìbàdàn			dín
			Ìbàdàn		dín
		Ìlọrin			dín
			Ìlọrin		dín
		Oǹkó	Òtù		dín
			Ìwéré Ilé		dín
			Òkèhò		dín
			Ìsẹ́yìn		dín
			Ṣakí		dín
			Tedé		dín
			Ìgbẹ́tì		dín
		Ọ̀yọ́			dín
			Ọ̀yọ́		dín
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		dín
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		dín
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé			dín
			Kabba		dín
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		ɖɛ̃́
			Atakpamɛ		ɖɛ̃́
			Est-Mono		ɖɛ̃́
			Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)		ɖɛ̃́
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• díndín
• adín (“fried food”)
• ìdín (“frying”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dĩ́/

Verb

dín

1. (transitive, arithmetic) to subtract
2. (intransitive) to become reduced in number

Derived terms

• adín
• dínkù (“to decrease”)
• dínsí
• owó-orí-ọjà kògbọ́dín (“purchase price”)
• ìdín (“frying”)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”). Cognate with Thai ตีน (dtiin), Lao ຕີນ (tīn), Lü ᦎᦲᧃ (ṫiin), Shan တိၼ် (tǐn), Ahom 𑜄𑜢𑜃𑜫 (tin), Bouyei dinl.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tin˨˦/
• Tone numbers: din¹
• Hyphenation: din

Noun

din (Sawndip forms 䟓 or 𬻚 or 𭴀 or 丁 or 𮛷 or 𧿬 or 䠄 or 𦘭 or 伩 or 𱓂, 1957–1982 spelling din)

1. foot (of a human)
2. base; foot; lowest part of an object

See also

• nyauj