ennen

Instructive singular of ensi-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːen/, [ˈe̞nːe̞n]
• Rhymes: -enːen
• Syllabification^(key): en‧nen
• Hyphenation^(key): en‧nen

ennen [with partitive]

1. (temporal) before, prior to
2. (locative) before, prior to (e.g. in text)

ennen [with partitive]

1. (temporal) before, prior to

   Parasta ennen: 15.03.2024

   Best before: 03/15/2024

2. (locative) before, prior to (e.g. in text)

ennen (comparative ennemmin, no superlative)

1. before, back then (at an earlier time)
2. rather, before

   ennen kuolema kuin orjuus ― (we would) rather die than be slaves

• “ennen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• enne

Akin to Estonian enne and Finnish ennen.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈenːen/, [ˈe̞nːe̞n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈenːen/, [ˈe̞nːe̞n]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈenːen/, [ˈe̞nːe̞n]
• Rhymes: -enːen
• Hyphenation: en‧nen

ennen

1. (of time) before
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:

     Mis ennen olliit tyhjät maat,

     Before, where there were empty lands,

2. (of time) once upon a time

ennen (+ partitive)

1. (of time) before
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     j ono i pehmitösmerkkinnä ennen vokalaa, keskeel sannaa, niku nimis: Valja, Manja, Kolja, Katja j.n.e.

     j is also a palatalisation mark before a vowel, in the middle of a word, like in the names: Valja, Manja, Kolja, Katja etc.

• (before; adverb): ennemoin

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 52
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 25

From the noun Enn, from Middle Low German ende, from Old Saxon endi. Akin to English end, German enden, Dutch eindigen.

ennen (past singular enn, past participle ennt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to end

• beennen