amen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "amen"

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English [Term?], 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

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɛn/, /ɑːˈmɛn/, /ˈeɪ.mɛn/
  • Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Interjection

amen

1. 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^[1], 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!

2. (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

• awoman
• yes and amen

Translations

so be it

• Albanian: amin (sq)
• Amharic: አሜን (ʾämen)
• Arabic: آمِينَ (ar) (ʔāmīna)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)

  Jewish Aramaic: אָמֵן (ʾāmēn)

• Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen)
• Azerbaijani: amin
• Belarusian: амі́н (amín)
• Bulgarian: ами́н (bg) (amín)
• Catalan: amén (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎡᎺᏅ (emenv)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿們／阿们 (aa³ mun⁴), 亞孟／亚孟 (aa³ maang⁶) (Catholic), 誠心所願／诚心所愿 (sing⁴ sam¹ so² jyun⁶)

  Hakka: 阿愐 (â-mén, a-mén)

  Hokkien: a-men, 心所願／心所愿 (sim-só͘-goān), 亞孟／亚孟 (a-bēng, à-bēng)

  Mandarin: 阿門／阿门 (zh) (āmén), 阿們／阿们 (zh) (āmén), 亞孟／亚孟 (yàmèng) (Catholic)

• Czech: amen (cs)
• Danish: amen (da)
• Dutch: amen (nl)
• Esperanto: amen
• Estonian: aamen (et)
• Farefare: amina
• Faroese: amen, ámmin
• Finnish: aamen (fi)
• French: amen (fr)
• Ge'ez: አሜን (ʾämen)
• Georgian: ამინ (ka) (amin)
• German: amen (de)
• Greek: αμήν (el) (amín)

  Ancient Greek: ἀμήν (amḗn)

• Hausa: amin
• Hebrew: אָמֵן (he) (amén)
• Hindi: तथास्तु (tathāstu), आमेन (āmen), आमीन (āmīn)
• Hungarian: ámen (hu)
• Icelandic: amen
• Indonesian: amin (id)
• Irish: áiméan
• Italian: amen (it), così sia (it)
• Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen) (Christian)
• Kapampangan: yanasa, amen
• Kazakh: әумин (äumin)
• Konkani: आमेन (āmen), ಆಮೆನ್ (āmen)
• Korean: 아멘 (amen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: amîn (ku)

• Latin: āmēn (la)
• Latvian: āmen
• Lithuanian: amen
• Macedonian: амин (amin)
• Malay: amin
• Maori: āmine, āmene
• Middle English: zuo by hit
• Navajo: tʼáá ákótʼée doo
• Norwegian: amen (no)
• Old Church Slavonic: аминь (aminĭ)
• Old Komi: 𐍐𐍜𐍙𐍝 (amjn)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭌𐭉𐭍 (ʾmyn /⁠āmēn⁠/)
• Persian: آمین (fa) (âmin)
• Polabian: amen
• Polish: amen (pl)
• Portuguese: amém (pt)
• Romanian: amin (ro)
• Russian: ами́нь (ru) (amínʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: amen
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: амен

  Roman: amen (sh)

• Slovak: amen
• Slovene: amen (sl)
• Spanish: amén (es)
• Swahili: amina (sw)
• Swedish: amen (sv)
• Tagalog: amen, siya nawa (archaic)
• Tajik: амин (amin)
• Thai: อามิน, เอเมน, อาเมน
• Tok Pisin: tru
• Turkish: amin (tr)
• Ukrainian: амі́нь (uk) (amínʹ)
• Urdu: آمین (ur) (āmīn)
• Uzbek: omin (uz)
• Veps: amin'
• Vietnamese: a men (vi) (亞綿)
• Yiddish: אָמן (omeyn)
• Yoruba: àmí, ààmí, àmín

expression of strong agreement

• Arabic: آمْيْن (ar) (ʔāmyn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)

  Jewish Aramaic: אָמֵן (ʾāmēn)

• Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen)
• Catalan: amén (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿門／阿门 (zh) (āmén)

• Dutch: amen (nl), amen en uit
• Esperanto: amen
• Finnish: aamen (fi)
• French: amen (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 (amēn)
• Greek: αμήν (el) (amín)

  Ancient Greek: ἀμήν (amḗn)

• Hebrew: אָמֵן (he) (amén)
• Irish: áiméan
• Japanese: 南無三 (なむさん, namusan), アーメン (ja) (āmen)
• Kazakh: әумин (äumin)
• Korean: 아멘 (amen)
• Macedonian: амин (amin)
• Maranao: amin
• Polish: amen (pl)
• Portuguese: amém (pt)
• Spanish: amén (es)
• Swedish: amen (sv)
• Tausug: amin
• Telugu: తథాస్తు (te) (tathāstu)
• Turkish: amin (tr)
• Volapük: jenosöd
• Yakan: amin
• Yiddish: אָמן (omeyn)

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

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} amen (nl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אמן (he) (’amîn)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} amen
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} amîn (ku)

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} amin (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} amin (sh)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} амин

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} amin (sh) (both scripts-variant used in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} amen (sv)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} amin (tr)

Adverb

amen (not comparable)

1. (biblical) certainly, verily.
   • 1582, English College of Rheims, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ‎^[2], 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

truly, verily

• Arabic: آمِين (ar) (ʔāmīn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)

  Jewish Aramaic: אָמֵן (ʾāmēn)

• Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen)
• Bulgarian: амин (bg) (amin)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿們／阿们 (aa³ mun⁴), 亞孟／亚孟 (aa³ maang⁶) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 阿門／阿门 (zh) (āmén), 阿們／阿们 (zh) (āmén), 亞孟／亚孟 (yàmèng) (Catholic)

• Czech: amen (cs)
• Dutch: amen (nl)
• Finnish: totisesti (fi)
• French: amen (fr)
• German: amen (de)
• Greek: αμήν (el) (amín)
• Indonesian: amin (id)
• Italian: amen (it)
• Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen) (Christian)
• Kapampangan: yanasa, amen
• Kazakh: әумин (äumin)
• Korean: 아멘 (amen)
• Macedonian: амин (amin)
• Malay: amin
• Polish: amen (pl)
• Portuguese: amém (pt)
• Russian: ами́нь (ru) (amínʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: amen
• Tok Pisin: tru

Noun

amen (plural amens)

1. 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

instance of saying amen

• Farefare: amina
• Moore: ãmina
• Portuguese: amém (pt) m

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

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: amen, beaming (nl)
• French: amen (fr) m
• Persian: آمین (fa)

Verb

amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)

1. (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 […]

2. (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

say amen

• Arabic: أَمَّنَ (ʔammana)
• Macedonian: аминува (aminuva)
• Portuguese: dizer amém, dar amém

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.mən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.men]

Verb

amen

1. 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

Adverb

amen

1. at the end of religious prayers: so be it

Interjection

amen

1. an expression of strong agreement

Verb

amen

1. to touch one's forehead to the back of an older person's hand as a gesture of respect
2. 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^(key): /aˈmɛn/, /aˈbɛn/

Interjection

amen

1. 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^(key): /ˈaː.mə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: amen
• Rhymes: -aːmən

Interjection

amen

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

Noun

amen n (plural amens, diminutive amentje n)

1. 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^(key): [ˈamen]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amen
• Hyphenation: a‧men

Interjection

amen

1. amen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: amène, amènent, amènes

Adverb

amen

1. amen

Noun

amen m (plural amens)

1. amen

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mena

Galician

Verb

amen

1. inflection of amar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmən/, [ˈʔaː.mən], [-mn̩], [-mm̩]
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmɛn/ (less common)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: ahmen, Amen (general), armen, Armen (some speakers)

Interjection

amen

1. amen

Derived terms

• Amen n
• ja und amen sagen

Gothic

Romanization

amēn

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽

Icelandic

Adverb

amen

1. at the end of prayers: so be it

   Í guðanna bænum, amen.

   For God's sake, amen.

2. at the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily

Interjection

amen

1. expressing strong agreement

Anagrams

• nema

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.men/
• Rhymes: -amen
• Hyphenation: à‧men

Adverb

amen

1. amen; so be it
2. (colloquial) that's it; end of the story

   L'esame è andato male, pace e amen, fattene una ragione.

   The exam went bad, that's it, come to terms with it.

Interjection

amen

1. amen!

Usage notes

• Sense 2, similar to pace and va beh, is colloquial, and typically seen in the phrase pace e amen, as in the example.

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^(key): /ˈaː.meːn/, [ˈäːmeːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.men/, [ˈäːmen]

Adverb

āmēn (not comparable) (biblical, Christianity, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. amen; so be it, let it be
2. amen; truly, verily

Interjection

āmēn

1. 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

1. 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 [Term?], from Latin āmēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈmɛːn/, /aːˈmɛn/

Interjection

amen

1. amen

Descendants

• English: amen
• 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

1. amen

Noun

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

1. 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

1. amen

Noun

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

1. an amen

References

• “amen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• emna

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Interjection

amen

1. amen

Descendants

• Swedish: amen

Polabian

Etymology

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

Interjection

amen

1. (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^(key): /ˈa.mɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amɛn
• Syllabification: a‧men

Interjection

amen

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

Derived terms

adverb

• na amen

 

particle

• jak amen w pacierzu

 

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

1. Obsolete spelling of amém.

Romani

Alternative forms

• ame

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronoun

amen

1. we, us

See also

Romani personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental	Possessive
Singular	First	—	me	man	manqe	manθe	manθar	mança	miro, -i, -e
	Second	—	tu	tut	tuqe	tuθe	tuθar	tuça	tiro, -i, -e
	Reflexive third	—	—	pes	pesqe	pesθe	pesθar	peça	pesqero, -i, -e
	Third	Masculine	ov	les	lesqe	lesθe	lesθar	leça	lesqero, -i, -e
		Feminine	oj	la	laqe	laθe	laθar	laça	laqero, -i, -e
Plural	First	—	amen		amenqe	amenθe	amenθar	amença	amaro, -i, -e
	Second	—	tumen		tumenqe	tumenθe	tumenθar	tumença	tumaro, -i, -e
	Reflexive third	—	—	pen	penqe	penθe	penθar	pença	penqero, -i, -e
	Third	—	on	len	lenqe	lenθe	lenθar	lença	lenqero, -i, -e

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Kalderash Romani personal pronouns

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
	Second	—	tu	tut, tu	túke	túte	tútar	túsa	tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
	Reflexive third	—	—	pês, pe	pêske	pêste	pêstar	pêsa	pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
	Third	Masculine	wo	lês, le	lêske	lêste	lêstar	lêsa	lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
		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
	Second	—	tume	tumên, tume	tumênge	tumênde	tumêndar	tumênsa	tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
	Reflexive third	—	—	pên, pe	pênge	pênde	pêndar	pênsa	pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
	Third	—	won	lên, le	lênge	lênde	lêndar	lênsa	lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamen/ [ˈa.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -amen
• Syllabification: a‧men

Verb

amen

1. inflection of amar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Interjection

amen

1. 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^(key): /ʔaˈmen/ [ʔɐˈmɛn̪], /ˈʔamen/ [ˈʔaː.mɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -en, -amen
• Syllabification: a‧men

Interjection

amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)

   Synonym: siya nawa

Noun

amén or amen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. hand-kissing of one's elders (as a sign of respect)

   Synonyms: mano, pagmano, pagmamano

2. saying of yes to everything that another says

Derived terms

• pag-amen
• tagaamen
• umamen

 

Further reading

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