mijner
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Determiner edit
mijner
- (archaic) (archaic) genitive feminine/plural of mijn: of my
- Coordinate term: (masculine and neuter) mijns
- mijner moeder huis ― my mother’s house
- het huis mijner ouders ― the house of my parents
- (obsolete) (archaic) dative feminine of mijn: to my
- Ik vertelde het mijner moeder. ― I told it to my mother.
Pronoun edit
mijner
- (archaic) (archaic) genitive of ik: of me
- Synonym: (interchangeable) mijns
- Hij is mijner niet waard.
- He isn’t worthy of me.
Inflection edit
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
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singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch mijnre. Equivalent to mijnen (“to buy at an auction”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun edit
mijner m (plural mijners)
Etymology 3 edit
From mijnen (“to mine”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun edit
mijner m (plural mijners)
- (uncommon) miner
- Synonyms: kompel, mijnarbeider, mijnwerker