# amen
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/, (uncommon, chiefly for strong agreement) /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
* (General American) IPA: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/, /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/, /ˈeɪmɛn/
* Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn, -eɪmɛn

### Interjection

amen
* At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
** 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “At the Communion”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio lxxii, recto:As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 5:13, column 1:Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen thus be he ſhaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregation ſaid, Amen, and praiſed the Lord. And the people did according to this promiſe.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:18–19, column 1:Bleſſed be the Lord God, the God of Iſrael, who only doth wonderous things. And bleſſed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
** 1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, column 2:For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
** 1962, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Proclamation of Emergency‎, page 14:May GOD, to Whom be praise and whose name be exalted, the King of Kings, vouchsafe His grace and may the Prophet Muhammed (on whom be the benediction and peace of GOD) grant His Blessings to this Proclamation. Amen! O Lord of the Universe!
* (Discuss this sense) An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
** 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 9:Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!

#### Derived terms

* and the church says amen
* awoman
* yes and amen

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Adverb

amen (not comparable)
* (biblical) Certainly; verily.
** 1582, English College of Rheims, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ‎, John 3:5, page 222:Iesvs anſvvered, Amen, Amen I ſay to thee, Vnles a man be borne againe of vvater and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

#### Translations
### Noun

amen (plural amens)
* An instance of saying ‘amen’.
** 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]
** 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 12:[H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
** 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby:A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.

#### Derived terms

* amen curler

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Verb

amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)
* (intransitive) To say amen.
** 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.
** 2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx:Most of the church amened and applauded.
** 2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]
* (transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
** 1984 August 11, Gail Ann Williams, “Convention Views: On The Street, In The Hall”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* -mane, -nema, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, mane, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.mən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.men]

### Verb

amen
* third-person plural present indicative of amar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Derived from Spanish amén, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).
The gesture evolved from the custom of kissing the ecclesiastical ring of Catholic clergymen.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧men

### Interjection

amen
* at the end of religious prayers: so be it
* an expression of strong agreement

### Verb

amen
* to touch one's forehead to the back of an older person's hand as a gesture of respect
* to hold out one's hand to someone, often a younger person, in order for them to touch it to their foreheads

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:amen.

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English amen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmɛn/, /aˈbɛn/

### Interjection

amen
* amen

## Dutch
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch amen, from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.mə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: amen
* Rhymes: -aːmən

### Interjection

amen
* amen; at the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it
* amen; an expression of strong agreement

### Noun

amen n (plural amens, diminutive amentje n)
* an instance of saying ‘amen’

#### Derived terms

* beamen

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: amen
* →? Sranan Tongo: amen

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈamen]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amen
* Hyphenation: a‧men

### Interjection

amen
* amen

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: amène, amènent, amènes

### Interjection

amen
* amen

### Noun

amen m (plural amens)
* amen

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* mena

## Galician
### Verb

amen
* inflection of amar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אמן.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːmən/, [ˈʔaː.mən], [-mn̩], [-mm̩]
* IPA: /ˈaːmɛn/ (less common)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: ahmen, Amen (general), armen, Armen (some speakers)

### Interjection

amen
* amen

#### Derived terms

* Amen n
* ja und amen sagen

## Gothic
### Romanization

amēn
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽

## Icelandic
### Interjection

amen
* at the end of prayers: so be it
    Í guðanna bænum, amen.For God's sake, amen.

### Adverb

amen
* at the end of creed or in Biblical translations: truly, verily

### Interjection

amen
* expressing strong agreement

### Anagrams

* nema

## Istriot
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Interjection

amen
* amen

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* amenne, ammen, ammenne (dialectal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmēn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.men/
* Rhymes: -amen
* Hyphenation: à‧men

### Interjection

amen
* amen; so be it
* (colloquial) that's it; end of story
    Near-synonyms: pace, va beh, scialla
    L'esame è andato male, amen, fattene una ragione.The exam went bad, so be it, come to terms with it.

#### Derived terms

* pace e amen

### Anagrams

* -mane, mena

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”); cognate with Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), Aramaic אַמִין (ʾamīn), Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾamīn).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.meːn/, [ˈäːmeːn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.men/, [ˈäːmen]

### Adverb

āmēn (not comparable) (biblical, Christianity, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)
* amen; so be it, let it be
* amen; truly, verily

### Interjection

āmēn
* amen!

### References

* "amen", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "amen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* amen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 113.
* amen in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 375

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āmēn.

### Interjection

āmen
* amen, so be it

#### Descendants

* Dutch: amen
* Limburgish: ame

### Further reading

* “amen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “amen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* amæn (Ormulum)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English āmen, from Latin āmēn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈmɛːn/, /aːˈmɛn/

### Interjection

amen
* amen

#### Descendants

* English: amen
* Scots: amen, amain
* Yola: amain

#### References

* “āmē̆n, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Interjection

amen
* amen

### Noun

amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen or amener, definite plural amena or amenene)
* an amen

### References

* “amen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “amen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* emna

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Interjection

amen
* amen

### Noun

amen n (definite singular amenet, indefinite plural amen, definite plural amena)
* an amen

### References

* “amen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* emna

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Interjection

amen
* amen

#### Descendants

* Swedish: amen

## Old Tupi
### Noun

amen
* Lamy spelling of amana

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German amen, from Latin āmēn, from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn, “so be it”), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).

### Interjection

amen
* (religion) amen! (at the end of religious prayers)

### References

* Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “amen”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 18
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “amen”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Amen”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 4

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn). First attested in 1513.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.mɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amɛn
* Syllabification: a‧men

### Interjection

amen
* (religion) amen! (at the end of religious prayers) [16th c.]
* (sometimes humorous) amen! (used to end a statement) [16th c.]

#### Derived terms

* na amen
* jak amen w pacierzu

### References

* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amen”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “amen”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* amen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* amen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Wiesław Morawski (25.08.2022) “AMEN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amen”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 31

## Portuguese
### Interjection

amen
* Obsolete spelling of amém.

## Romani
### Alternative forms

* ame

### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé. Cognate with Gujarati અમે (ame).

### Pronoun

amen
* we, us

#### See also

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Ablative | Instrumental | Possessive |
| Singular | First | — | me | man | manqe | manθe | manθar | mança | miro, -i, -e |
| Singular | Second | — | tu | tut | tuqe | tuθe | tuθar | tuça | tiro, -i, -e |
| Singular | Reflexive third | — | — | pes | pesqe | pesθe | pesθar | peça | pesqero, -i, -e |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | ov | les | lesqe | lesθe | lesθar | leça | lesqero, -i, -e |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | oj | la | laqe | laθe | laθar | laça | laqero, -i, -e |
| Plural | First | — | amen | amen | amenqe | amenθe | amenθar | amença | amaro, -i, -e |
| Plural | Second | — | tumen | tumen | tumenqe | tumenθe | tumenθar | tumença | tumaro, -i, -e |
| Plural | Reflexive third | — | — | pen | penqe | penθe | penθar | pença | penqero, -i, -e |
| Plural | Third | — | on | len | lenqe | lenθe | lenθar | lença | lenqero, -i, -e |
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Accusative (long and short forms) | Dative | Locative | Ablative | Instrumental | Possessive |
| Singular | First | — | me | man, ma | mánge | mánde | mándar | mánsa | múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl |
| Singular | Second | — | tu | tut, tu | túke | túte | tútar | túsa | tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl |
| Singular | Reflexive third | — | — | pês, pe | pêske | pêste | pêstar | pêsa | pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | wo | lês, le | lêske | lêste | lêstar | lêsa | lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | woi | la, la | láke | láte | látar | lása | láko m, láki f, láke pl |
| Plural | First | — | ame | amên, ame | amênge | amênde | amêndar | amênsa | amáro m, amári f, amáre pl |
| Plural | Second | — | tume | tumên, tume | tumênge | tumênde | tumêndar | tumênsa | tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl |
| Plural | Reflexive third | — | — | pên, pe | pênge | pênde | pêndar | pênsa | pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl |
| Plural | Third | — | won | lên, le | lênge | lênde | lêndar | lênsa | lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl |

### References

* 1 2 3 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “amén”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 6a
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “asmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
* ↑ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “amen”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 60a

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈamen/ [ˈa.mẽn]
* Rhymes: -amen
* Syllabification: a‧men

### Verb

amen
* inflection of amar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Interjection

amen
* amen (at the end of religious prayers)

### References

* amen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* amen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* amen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amén, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈmen/ [ʔɐˈmɛn̪], /ˈʔamen/ [ˈʔaː.mɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -en, -amen
* Syllabification: a‧men

### Interjection

amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)
* amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)
    Synonym: siya nawa

### Noun

amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)
* hand-kissing of one's elders (as a sign of respect)
    Synonyms: mano, pagmano, pagmamano
* saying of yes to everything that another says

#### Derived terms

* pag-amen
* tagaamen
* umamen

### Further reading

* “amen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French amen.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧ mɛn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧ mɛŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧ mɛŋ˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: a men

### Interjection

amen
* amen