Dutch

Noun

Deen m ‎(plural Denen, diminutive Deentje n)

1. Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)
2. (zoology) short for Deense dog, a canine race

Related terms

• Deens
• Denemarken

Anagrams

• eend

English

Noun

deen ‎(uncountable)

1. religion, especially the path along which righteous Muslims travel in order to comply with divine law
   • 2014, CHANEL, Purple Ink Presents Savage Sisters by Chanel, iUniverse (ISBN 9781491721155)

     Sterling was Muslim, and although he wasn't on his deen, Shanice and Shakira felt that he should have had a Janazah.

   • 2016, Skepta, Shutdown, on Konnichiwa

     You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta / Say you don't eat pork, don't eat pussy / Liar, you're just an actor / Blud, you're not on your deen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German then, den, from Proto-Germanic *þanōn, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Determiner

deen m ‎(unstressed den)

1. the (definite article)
2. that (demonstrative)

Usage notes

The stressed form of the definite article is used when emphasis is placed on the word ("that" as opposed to merely "the") and when it is used before an adjective.

Declension

Yola

Verb

deen

1. to dress

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)