Eden

See also: eden, éden, edén, and Éden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːdən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːdən

Etymology 1

From Hebrew עֵדֶן (eden), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Proper noun

Eden

1. (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:8:

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

2. 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!

3. A female given name from Hebrew 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.

4. Any of various towns and other place names.
   1. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
   3. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
   4. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
   6. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
   7. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
   8. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
   9. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
   10. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Minnesota.
   11. A village in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
   12. A town in Erie County, New York.
   13. A city in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
   14. A small town and village in Marshall County, South Dakota.
   15. A small city in Concho County, Texas.
   16. A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.
   17. A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
   18. An unincorporated community in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
   19. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
   20. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
   21. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
   22. A town and village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
   23. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
   24. A census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
   25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eden Township.

Derived terms

• Eden garden
• Edenic
• Eden-like
• Eden-Monaro
• Eden Park
• Eden Prairie
• Edenton

 

Translations

biblical garden

• Arabic: جَنَّاتِ عَدْن (jannāti ʕadn), عَدْن (ʕadn)
• Armenian: Եդեմ (Edem)
• Catalan: Edèn m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊甸 (ji¹ din^6-1)

  Eastern Min: 埃田 (Aĭ-dièng)

  Hakka: 伊甸 (Yî-thien)

  Hokkien: 埃田 (Ai-tiân)

  Mandarin: 伊甸 (zh) (Yīdiàn)

• Dutch: Eden n
• Esperanto: Edeno
• Estonian: Eeden, eeden, paradiisiaed, Eedeni aed (et)
• Finnish: Eeden (fi)
• French: Éden (fr) m
• Galician: Edén (gl)
• Greek: Εδέμ (el) (Edém)

  Ancient: Ἐδέμ (Edém)

• Hebrew: גן עדן (he) m (gan éden)
• Hindi: अदन (hi) m (adan)
• Hungarian: Éden (hu), Édenkert (hu)
• Irish: Éidin
• Italian: Eden
• Japanese: エデン (Eden)
• Korean: 에덴 (ko) (Eden)
• Lithuanian: Èdenas m, Edeno sodas m
• Maltese: Għeden
• Polish: Eden (pl) m
• Portuguese: Éden (pt) m
• Russian: Эде́м (ru) m (Edém)
• Spanish: edén (es) m
• Swahili: Edeni
• Swedish: Eden (sv)
• Tok Pisin: Iden
• Vietnamese: Ê-đen
• Yiddish: עדן m (eydn), גן־עדן m (gan-eydn)

English surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊登 (Yīdēng)

• Russian: И́ден (ru) (Íden)

female given name

Noun

Eden (countable and uncountable, plural Edens)

1. (by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.

   The first explorers saw America as an Eden.

2. (by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Translations

paradise on Earth

• Armenian: Եդեմ (Edem)
• Bulgarian: рай (bg) m (raj)
• Catalan: edèn m
• Estonian: Eeden, eeden
• Finnish: paratiisi (fi), onnela, Eeden (fi)
• German: Eden (de) n
• Hebrew: גן עדן (he) m (gan éden)
• Polish: eden (pl) m
• Russian: Эде́м (ru) m (Edém)
• Spanish: edén (es) m

Etymology 2

• The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British Latin Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name.
• The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (“Eadhelm's bridge”).

Proper noun

Eden

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
2. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
3. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
4. Eden Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed.
5. Eden District, a former local government district in Cumbria, England formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith. Abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness.
6. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Derived terms

• Castle Eden
• Kirkandrews-on-Eden

Anagrams

• Dene, Dené, Ende, deen, dene, ende, need

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.də(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Eden
• Rhymes: -eːdən

Proper noun

Eden n

1. (biblical) Eden (mythological garden in Genesis)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: eden

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)den/, [ˈe̞(ː)de̞n]
• Rhymes: -eden
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧den

Proper noun

Eden

1. Alternative spelling of Eeden

Declension

Inflection of Eden (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Eden	—
genitive		Edenin	—
partitive		Edeniä	—
illative		Edeniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Eden	—
accusative	nom.	Eden	—
	gen.	Edenin
genitive		Edenin	—
partitive		Edeniä	—
inessive		Edenissä	—
elative		Edenistä	—
illative		Edeniin	—
adessive		Edenillä	—
ablative		Edeniltä	—
allative		Edenille	—
essive		Edeninä	—
translative		Edeniksi	—
abessive		Edenittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Eden (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Edenini — accusative nom. Edenini — gen. Edenini genitive Edenini — partitive Edeniäni — inessive Edenissäni — elative Edenistäni — illative Edeniini — adessive Edenilläni — ablative Edeniltäni — allative Edenilleni — essive Edeninäni — translative Edenikseni — abessive Edenittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Edenisi — accusative nom. Edenisi — gen. Edenisi genitive Edenisi — partitive Edeniäsi — inessive Edenissäsi — elative Edenistäsi — illative Edeniisi — adessive Edenilläsi — ablative Edeniltäsi — allative Edenillesi — essive Edeninäsi — translative Edeniksesi — abessive Edenittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Edenimme — accusative nom. Edenimme — gen. Edenimme genitive Edenimme — partitive Edeniämme — inessive Edenissämme — elative Edenistämme — illative Edeniimme — adessive Edenillämme — ablative Edeniltämme — allative Edenillemme — essive Edeninämme — translative Edeniksemme — abessive Edenittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Edeninne — accusative nom. Edeninne — gen. Edeninne genitive Edeninne — partitive Edeniänne — inessive Edenissänne — elative Edenistänne — illative Edeniinne — adessive Edenillänne — ablative Edeniltänne — allative Edenillenne — essive Edeninänne — translative Edeniksenne — abessive Edenittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Edeninsä — accusative nom. Edeninsä — gen. Edeninsä genitive Edeninsä — partitive Edeniään Edeniänsä — inessive Edenissään Edenissänsä — elative Edenistään Edenistänsä — illative Edeniinsä — adessive Edenillään Edenillänsä — ablative Edeniltään Edeniltänsä — allative Edenilleen Edenillensä — essive Edeninään Edeninänsä — translative Edenikseen Edeniksensä — abessive Edenittään Edenittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• deen

German

Etymology

From Latin Eden, from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿēḏen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdən/, [ˈʔeː.dn̩]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Eden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Edens)

1. Eden

Usage notes

• Much predominantly used in the phrase Garten Eden (“Garden of Eden”).

Japanese

Romanization

Eden

1. Rōmaji transcription of エデン

Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵדֶן (eden)

Proper noun

Eden

1. the Garden of Eden

Polish

Eden

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Eden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɛn
• Syllabification: E‧den
• Homophone: eden

Proper noun

Eden m inan

1. (biblical) Eden (garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia)

Declension

Declension of Eden

	singular
nominative	Eden
genitive	Edenu
dative	Edenowi
accusative	Eden
instrumental	Edenem
locative	Edenie
vocative	Edenie

Derived terms

nouns

• eden

 

Related terms

adjectives

• edeński

 

Further reading

• Eden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Eden in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Eden in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵדֶן.

Proper noun

Eden n (genitive Edens)

1. (biblical) Eden

Anagrams

• -ende, ende

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Edén, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (éden).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeˈden/ [ʔɛˈd̪ɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: E‧den

Proper noun

Edén (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) Eden

Related terms

• Edna