German

Noun

Bein n ‎(genitive Beins or Beines, plural Beine, diminutive Beinchen n)

1. leg of a person, animal, or object; generally including the feet, but sometimes, in a more specific sense, excluding them
2. (archaic) bone

Usage notes

• The sense of bone is widely obsolete in standard usage, apart from a limited number of still common compounds, such as Schlüsselbein and Steißbein.

Declension

Derived terms

• auf den Beinen

(leg):

• Bankbein
• Hinterbein
• Holzbein
• Stuhlbein
• Tischbein
• Vorderbein

(bone):

• Beinhaus n
• Brustbein
• Dickbein
• Elfenbein n
• Gebein n
• Nasenbein n
• Scheitelbein
• Schienbein
• Schläfenbein
• Schlüsselbein n
• Steißbein n
• Wadenbein

German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) Been

Etymology

See Been.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯n/, /baɪ̯n/

Noun

Bein ? (plural Beiner)

1. (in some dialects) leg

Noun

Bein ? (plural has not been set)

1. (in some dialects) bone (as material)
2. (in some dialects) bones; a skeleton or skeletons

See also

• Knaken, Knake; Knoake
• Plautdietsch: Been

English

Alternative forms

• been, bene
• bien (Scotland)

Adjective

bein ‎(comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.

   a bein farmer

2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.

Derived terms

• beinly

Adverb

bein ‎(comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.

Verb

bein ‎(third-person singular simple present beins, present participle beining, simple past and past participle beined)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable; dry.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bain]

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeiːn/
• Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

bein n ‎(genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

1. a bone

   Hundurinn borðaði bein.

   The dog ate a bone.

Declension

See also

• hafa bein í nefinu
• inn við beinið
• fílabein
• viðbein
• bringubein
• mannabein
• beinhvítur
• beinharður
• bringubein
• brjóstbein

Synonyms

• (bone): leggur

Norman

Etymology

Old French bien.

Adverb

bein ‎(comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

1. (Jersey) well

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Alternative forms

• ben

Noun

bein n ‎(definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina or beinene)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

• bakbein
• forbein
• ribbein
• sjøbein

References

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

bein n ‎(definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

• bakbein
• forbein
• ribbein
• sjøbein

References

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Old English bān, Old Saxon and Old Frisian bēn, Old High German bein.

Noun

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: bein
• Faroese: bein
• Norwegian: bein
• Swedish: ben
• Danish: ben

References

• bein in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein

1. (Sursilvan) well
2. (Sursilvan) beautifully
3. (Sursilvan) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) bain
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bagn

Etymology 2

Noun

bein m (plural beins)

1. (Sursilvan) farm

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) bain

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
• (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
• (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
• (Surmiran) curt purila

Scots

Verb

bein

1. present participle of be