אָן

See also: אַן‎, אן‎, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ɔn/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /uːn/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /un/
  • (Netherlandic):
    • IPA(key): (Etymology 1) /oːn/
    • IPA(key): (Etymology 2) /aːn/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German āne (“without”) (compare German ohne), from Old High German āna, ānu, āno (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnō (“without”) (compare Old Saxon āno, Old Frisian ōni, Old Norse án, ón), from Proto-Indo-European *anew, *enew (“without”) (compare Ancient Greek ἄνευ (áneu)).

Preposition

אָן • (on) (no contracted dem-form)

  1. without
    ‏וואָס קען וואַקסן, וואַקסן אָן רעגן?‎‎
    vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?
    What can grow, grow without rain?
Derived terms
  • אָן דאַנק‎ (on dank, “ungrateful”)
  • אָן וועלכער‎ (on velkher, “without which”)
  • אָן אײַנזעעריש‎ (on aynzeerish, “inconsiderate”)
  • אָן צאָל‎ (on tsol, “countless, innumerable”)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ana, from Proto-West Germanic *an, *ana, from Proto-Germanic *an(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₂.

Adverb

אָן • (on)

  1. on, onward
    ‏פֿון איצט אָן‎‎ ― fun itst on ― from now on
    ‏פֿון הײַנט אָן‎‎ ― fun haynt on ― starting today, from today on
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