How do you pronounce een?

The recorded pronunciation is /iːn/.

een

/iːn/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

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"And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne"
"But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight."

From a contraction of even.

eens (plural)

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How to pronounce een

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