eind

• einde, (informal) end

From earlier einde with apocope of the final -e, from Middle Dutch ende, einde, from Old Dutch endi, einde, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯nt/

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• Hyphenation: eind
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nt
• Homophone: Eind

eind n (plural einden, diminutive eindje n)

1. end

   Het feest was aan het eind van de straat. ― The party was at the end of the street.

   Het einde is nabij. ― The end is nigh.

   Aan het eind van de avond was ik helemaal afgepeigerd. ― At the end of the evening I was totally exhausted.

2. a (short) length of something, particularly rope

   De matroos had een eind touw in zijn hand. ― The sailor was holding a length of rope.

   Ik heb een eindje garen nodig. ― I need a short length of yarn.

3. a considerable distance

   Het is een heel eind van hier naar de stad. ― It's quite a distance from here to the city.

   Ik ga even een eindje hardlopen. ― I'm going to run some distance.

• The sense "short length [of rope]" is attested for the spelling einde as well, but is vanishingly rare with that spelling compared to eind.
• The sense "considerable distance" is limited to forms of this word without final -e. "Een einde lopen" is thus absolutely incorrect, whereas "een eind lopen" is not.

• Afrikaans: einde
• Negerhollands: end, einde
• → Caribbean Javanese: èndhe

• dien

From einn (“one”) +‎ -ð (“abstract noun suffix”), literally "oneth" or "oneness", with a similar structure as Swedish enhet, Dutch eenheid, German Einheit.

• IPA^(key): /eint/

eind f (genitive singular eindar, nominative plural eindir)

1. unit
2. (physics) particle
3. (algebra) unit (an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication)

• endi