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Bein
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bein be-in bein'
German
Beine.JPG 310 de white 12 20 90 Knie
de black 12 80 160 Knöchel left
de white 12 115 100 Knie left
de black 12 155 170 Knöchel left
de white 12 260 35 Hüfte
de black 12 260 80 Oberschenkel
de white 12 260 130 Knie
de black 12 230 160 Schienbein
en black 12 275 180 Wade Etymology 2
de black 12 270 220 Knöchel left
de black 12 235 210 Fuß right Click on labels in the image de Glied
Etymology
From de gmh bein, from de goh bein, from de gmw-pro *bain, from de gem-pro *bainą. Compare nl been, en bone, da ben.
Pronunciation
de /baɪ̯n/
de De-Bein.ogg
de De-Bein2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯n 1
Noun
n,(e)s chen
leg of a person, animal, or object
de technical archaic except in compounds bone
de Knochen
Usage notes
In a narrower sense, de Bein excludes the feet, but for the most part it includes them. It can even refer to the feet specifically in some regions where a clothed but barefoot person might hear de Du hast ja nichts an den Beinen! You have nothing on your legs! Compare also the phrase de wieder auf den Beinen, where English says “back on one’s feet”.
The sense of bone is widely obsolete in standard usage, apart from technical usage ("aus Bein de geschnitzt"), some common phrases, such as "durch de Mark marrow und Bein", and various compounds, such as de Schlüsselbein, de Elfenbein, de Steißbein.
Declension
n,(e)s
Derived terms
de leg auf den Beinen auf die Beine stellen auf einem Bein kann man nicht stehen Beine bis zum Boden Bankbein Hinterbein Holzbein Hosenbein Stuhlbein Tischbein Vorderbein
de bone Beinhaus<g:n> Brustbein Dickbein durch Mark and Bein Elfenbein<g:n> Gebein<g:n> Nasenbein<g:n> Scheitelbein Schienbein Schläfenbein Schlüsselbein<g:n> Stein and Bein schwören Steißbein<g:n> Wadenbein
Further reading
de
de Limbs
Low German
Pronunciation
nds /bɛɪ̯n/ /baɪ̯n/
Noun
m Beiner,Beinen nds GLG
nds Been leg
Noun
n nds GLG
nds Been bone