eden

See also: Eden, éden, edén, Éden, and эдэн

English

Noun

eden (plural edens)

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”)
   • 1990, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s:

     The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]

Anagrams

• Dene, Dené, Ende, deen, dene, ende, need

Danish

Noun

eden

1. definite singular of ed

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

eden

1. plural of eed

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Eden, from Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗden), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Doublet of adnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈed̪ən]

Noun

eden (first-person possessive edenku, second-person possessive edenmu, third-person possessive edennya)

1. paradise, heaven.

   Synonyms: adnan, firdaus, jannah, nirwana, indraloka, kayangan, kedewaan, keindraan, suargaloka, suralaya, surga, surgaloka, paradiso

Further reading

• “eden” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eden m

1. definite singular of ed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Metonymically from the Garden of Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗden).

Noun

eden n (definite singular edenet, indefinite plural eden, definite plural edena)

1. a paradise

Proper noun

eden

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eden

See also

• eldorado

References

• “eden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Eden, ende, nede

Polish

Etymology

From Eden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɛn
• Syllabification: e‧den
• Homophone: Eden

Noun

eden m inan (related adjective edeński)

1. (figurative) Eden (paradise on Earth)

   Synonyms: raj, rajski ogród

Declension

Declension of eden

	singular	plural
nominative	eden	edeny
genitive	edenu	edenów
dative	edenowi	edenom
accusative	eden	edeny
instrumental	edenem	edenami
locative	edenie	edenach
vocative	edenie	edeny

Related terms

noun

• Eden

 

Further reading

• eden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• eden in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éden.

Noun

eden n (uncountable)

1. Eden

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	eden	edenul
genitive-dative	eden	edenului
vocative	edenule

Slovene

Slovene numbers ^(edit)

	1
Cardinal: en     Nominalized cardinal: eden     Cardinal prefix: eno-     Ordinal: prvi     Fixed ordinal: prvoten     Latinate ordinal: primaren     Ordinal prefix: prvo-     Number: ena     Digit: enka     Digit place: enica     Adverbial: prvič     Krat adverbial: prvikrat     Multiplier: enojen     Krat multiplier: enkrat     Fixed multiplier: enkraten     Adverbial multiplier: enojno     Latinate multiplier: singleten     Multiplier verb: poeniti     Multiplier prefix: enojn-     Krat multiplier prefix: enkratn-     Krat adverbial multiplier: enkratno     Collective: enoje     Separable collective: enoj     Greek or Latinate collective: monada     Greek collective prefix: mono-     Latinate collective prefix: uni-     Fractional: enina     Greek prefix: proto-     Number of musicians: solo

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀ːdən/

Noun

édən m anim

1. one

   Prosimo, vstopajte eden po eden. ― Please, enter one by one.

2. (colloquial) someone

   Slišali so se kriki, zato je eden poklical policijo. ― Screaming could be heard, so someone had called the police.

Declension

Fourth masculine declension (adjectival endings, animate) , fixed accent, irregular nominative singular form
nom. sing.	édən, ȅn
gen. sing.	énega
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	édən, ȅn	éna	éni
genitive rodȋlnik	énega	énih	énih
dative dajȃlnik	énemu	énima	énim
accusative tožȋlnik	énega	éna	éne
locative mẹ̑stnik	énem	énih	énih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	énim	énima	énimi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	ȇdən, ȅn	ȇna	ȇni

Further reading

• “eden”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “eden”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Sumerian

Romanization

eden

1. Romanization of 𒂔 (eden)

Swedish

Noun

eden

1. definite singular of ed

Anagrams

• -ende, ende

Turkish

Verb

eden

1. imperfect participle of etmek