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Definition 2025
puin
puin
Dutch
Noun
puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)
- rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material
- (usually in the plural) ruins
- 1914, Theo van Doesburg, De oorlog:
- De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.
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Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
puin
Declension
| Inflection of puin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puin | pukimet | |
| genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten |
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| partitive | puinta | pukimia | |
| illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puin | pukimet | |
| accusative | nom. | puin | pukimet |
| gen. | pukimen | ||
| genitive | pukimen | pukimien puinten |
|
| partitive | puinta | pukimia | |
| inessive | pukimessa | pukimissa | |
| elative | pukimesta | pukimista | |
| illative | pukimeen | pukimiin | |
| adessive | pukimella | pukimilla | |
| ablative | pukimelta | pukimilta | |
| allative | pukimelle | pukimille | |
| essive | pukimena | pukimina | |
| translative | pukimeksi | pukimiksi | |
| instructive | — | pukimin | |
| abessive | pukimetta | pukimitta | |
| comitative | — | pukimineen | |
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Verb
puin
- First-person singular indicative past form of pukea.
Noun
puin
- Instructive plural form of puu.
Verb
puin
- First-person singular indicative present form of puida.
- First-person singular indicative past form of puida.