English

Proper noun

Eden

1. (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis 2:8::

     And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

2. Any of various towns and other place names.
3. An English surname​, probably derived from a place name.
   • 1896, H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham

     It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!

4. A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad ‎(“riches”).
   • 1986 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye: page 35:

     We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it.

Derived terms

• Edenic

Translations

Noun

Eden ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Edens)

1. (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
2. (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Eden

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Eden

1. A city/town in Idaho.
2. A census-designated place in Maryland.
3. A village in Mississippi.
4. A town in New York.
5. A city in North Carolina.
6. A town/village in South Dakota.
7. A city in Texas.
8. A census-designated place in Utah.
9. A town in Vermont.
10. One of two towns and a village in Wisconsin.
11. A census-designated place in Wyoming.

Anagrams

• dene
• need

Finnish

Proper noun

Eden

1. Alternative spelling of Eeden

Declension

English

Noun

eden ‎(plural edens)

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden ‎(“a paradise”)
   • 1990, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s:

     The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]

Danish

Noun

eden

1. singular definite of ed

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

eden

1. Plural form of eed

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eden m

1. definite singular of ed

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos ‎(“one, single”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̀ːdən/
• Tonal orthography: édən

Numeral

êden

1. one; independent form of èn.

Usage notes

The form êden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position.

Swedish

Noun

eden

1. definite singular of ed