# tien
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch tien, from Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tin/
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

tien
* ten

## Asturian
### Verb

tien
* third-person singular present indicative of tener

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tin/
* Rhymes: -in
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)

### Numeral

tien
* ten

#### Derived terms

* tien met een griffel
* tiener
* tienhoek
* tienling
* tienmaal
* tiental
* tienvoud
* tienwerf

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: tien
* Berbice Creole Dutch: tin
* Jersey Dutch: tîn
* Negerhollands: tien, tin
* → Aukan: tin

### Anagrams

* niet

## Dutch Low Saxon
### Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

### Numeral

tien
* ten (10)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From tie +‎ -n.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtien]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ien
* Hyphenation: ti‧en

### Adverb

tien
* thither, to there, (demonstrative correlative of direction)

#### Usage notes

As with other demonstrative correlatives in Esperanto, tien can be combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, or with for, the adverbial particle of distance. Ĉi tien thus means hither and for tien means thither [in the distance].

#### Derived terms

* ĉi tien, tien ĉi

#### Related terms

* kien
* ien
* ĉien
* nenien

### See also
## Finnish
### Noun

tien
* genitive singular of tie

### Anagrams

* -iten, enti, tein

## French
### Etymology

From the neuter Latin tuum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tjɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

tien (feminine tienne, masculine plural tiens, feminine plural tiennes)
* (archaic) your; belonging to you (singular)

#### Derived terms

* le tien (“yours”)

### Further reading

* “tien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* tein

### Etymology

From Middle Low German tein, tēn, tīn, tīen, from Old Saxon tehan.

### Numeral

tien
* ten (10)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiən/

#### Numeral

tien
* ten

##### Descendants

* Dutch: tien
** Afrikaans: tien
** Berbice Creole Dutch: tin
** Jersey Dutch: tîn
** Negerhollands: tien, tin
** → Aukan: tin
* Limburgish: teen, tieën
* Zealandic: tien

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch tian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiən/

#### Verb

tien
* to pull, draw
* to go
* to raise or nurture

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: tijgen (with -g- from the past stem; -ij- may be from conflation with the verb below)

### Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-West Germanic *tīhan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiːən/

#### Verb

tiën
* to accuse, blame
* to prosecute

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: aantijgen (with -g- from the past stem)

### Further reading

* “tien (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “tien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “tiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tien (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tiën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page tiën

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* tēn — Mercian
* tȳn — West Saxon
* tēne, tēa, tīn

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti͜yːn/

### Numeral

tīen (West Saxon)
* ten
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    Đās cāseres rīċes ðȳ tēoðan ġēare Gregorius sē hālga wer, sē was on lāre ⁊ on dǣde sē hēhsta, feng tō bisċophāde þǣre Rōmanisċan ċyriċan ⁊ þǣs apostolīċan seðles: ⁊ þæt heold ⁊ reahte þrēottēno ġēr ⁊ syx mōnað ⁊ tȳn dagas.In the tenth year of this emperor's reign, the holy man Gregorius, who was the greatest in learning and in deeds, rose to the bishophood of the Roman church and the apostolic see; and he held and directed that office for thirteen years, six months, and ten days.

#### Derived terms

* tīenfeald

#### Related terms

* tēoþa

#### Descendants

* Middle English: ten, tene, tenne, tien
** English: ten
** Scots: ten
** Yola: dhen

## Old French
### Etymology

Latin teum.

### Adjective

tien
* (stressed) yours; your

#### Usage notes

* chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
    un tien filsyour son
    enveierai le tienI will send yours

#### Descendants

* French: tien

## Zealandic
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tēn, *tien, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

### Numeral

tien
* ten