German

Noun

Idee f ‎(genitive Idee, plural Ideen or Ideeen)

1. idea

Usage notes

• The plural Ideeen is nowadays unofficial and non-standard.

Declension

Non-standard nowadays:

Synonyms

• Ahnung, Begriff, Einfall, Gedanke, Vorstellung

Dutch

Noun

idee n ‎(plural ideeën, diminutive ideetje n)

1. idea

idee n, f ‎(plural ideeën)

1. (philosophy) idea, notion

Usage notes

This word is normally considered to be a neuter noun (het idee), but it can be considered feminine (de idee) for a philosophical or abstract idea.

Synonyms

• begrip

References

• (Dutch) Taaladvies
• (Dutch) OnzeTaal

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἰδέα ‎(idéa, “notion, pattern”).

Noun

idee ‎(genitive idee, partitive ideed)

1. idea
2. concept

Inflection

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin idea.

Noun

idee f

1. idea

Italian

Noun

idee f

1. plural of idea

Novial

Noun

idee ‎(plural idees)

1. idea

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French idée, from Latin idea.

Noun

idee f ‎(plural idei)

1. idea

Declension

Spanish

Verb

idee

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of idear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of idear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of idear.