inne

inne (plural innes)

1. Obsolete form of inn.

• Nine, nine

inne

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of innen

From Middle High German inne, from Old High German inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Compare Old English inne.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnə/

inne

1. only used in inne sein, innehalten, innewerden etc.; inside

• innen
• inne-

• “inne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “inne”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition

From Old Irish inne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲə/
• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɲə/

inne m (genitive singular inne, nominative plural inní)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) bowels, guts, viscera

   Synonym: putóg

2. middle, center
3. inner feelings
4. (literary) intrinsic nature, essence, quality

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 inne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “inne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “inne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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inne

1. in, inwards, inside

• Dutch: in
• Limburgish: in

inne f

1. inside, one's inner consciousness

   in inne werden ― to notice

   in inne wesen ― to know

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

inne

1. contraction of ic ne

• “inne (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “inne (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “inne (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “inne (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

inne

1. alternative form of in (“inn”)

inne

1. alternative form of in (“in”)

From Old Norse inni.

inne

1. inside, indoors, in, within

• “inne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse inni.

• IPA^(key): /²ɪnːə/

inne

1. inside, indoors, in, within

• “inne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *innai.

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ne/

inne (comparative innor, superlative innemest)

1. inside, in; indoors

   Mē is lēofre þæt iċ ūt gā þonne iċ inne belīfe.

   I'd rather go out than stay inside.

   • c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily VII

     Wīf sind tȳdru for þon þe hīe simle inne bēoþ, and nāht hefiġes ne wyrċaþ, and hīe oft baðiaþ, and simle on hnesċum beddum hīe restaþ.

     Women are weak because they're always inside, they don't do any heavy work, they take baths all the time, and they always rest in soft beds.

• ūte

• Middle English: in

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.nɛ/
• Rhymes: -innɛ
• Syllabification: in‧ne

inne

1. inflection of inny:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Old Swedish inne, from Old Norse inni.

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌnɛ/

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inne

1. inside, (sometimes) indoors

   Synonym: (indoors) inomhus

   Antonym: ute

   Han är inne i huset

   He's inside the house

   Inne i grottan lever en björn

   A bear lives inside the cave

   Han är inne på klubben

   He's inside the club (på is often used for a building one is normally inside for a particular reason, where the emphasis is less on the building itself)

   Ska vi äta inne eller ute?

   Should we eat indoors or outdoors?

• See the usage notes for inuti (“inside, within”) for comparisons with that adverb and additional examples.
• See stan for some usage examples related to towns and the like.

• inneha
• sitta inne

• in (“into, to in”)
• stan

inne (not comparable)

1. in (currently in fashion)

   Synonym: hipp

   Antonyms: ute, passé

   Det är inne med vattensäng

   Waterbeds are in

• inne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• inne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• inne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)