min

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Translingual

Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function
2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minute.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of minute.

   Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Alternative forms

• myn, minne, mynne

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
   • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)

     The more and the minne

Derived terms

• minnock

Etymology 3

From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
   • 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:

     […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]

Etymology 4

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Verb

min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
2. (transitive, obsolete) to remember
3. (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.

   Antonym: max

   He's gotta be at least 60, min!

Derived terms

• max-min fairness
• min-entropy
• min-max
• min pay

 

Translations

abbreviation for minimum

• Swedish: min (sv)

Anagrams

• INM, NMI, nim

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• minu

Etymology

From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

1. to move

Related terms

• amin (“throw/discharge, lead”)
• minari / minare
• minat
• mãn (“conduct, lead, drive”)

 

Asturian

Pronoun

min

1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		мин
Abjad		مین

Azerbaijani numbers ^(edit)

←  1	←  100	1,000
Cardinal: min     Ordinal: mininci

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur mynk (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]

• Audio

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Numeral

min

1. thousand

Declension

Declension of min
	singular	plural
nominative	min	minlər
definite accusative	mini	minləri
dative	minə	minlərə
locative	mində	minlərdə
ablative	mindən	minlərdən
definite genitive	minin	minlərin

Possessive forms of min
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minim	minlərim
sənin (“your”)	minin	minlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	mini	minləri
bizim (“our”)	minimiz	minlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	mininiz	minləriniz
onların (“their”)	mini or minləri	minləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimi	minlərimi
sənin (“your”)	minini	minlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	minini	minlərini
bizim (“our”)	minimizi	minlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	mininizi	minlərinizi
onların (“their”)	minini or minlərini	minlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimə	minlərimə
sənin (“your”)	mininə	minlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	mininə	minlərinə
bizim (“our”)	minimizə	minlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	mininizə	minlərinizə
onların (“their”)	mininə or minlərinə	minlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimdə	minlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	minində	minlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	minində	minlərində
bizim (“our”)	minimizdə	minlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	mininizdə	minlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	minində or minlərində	minlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimdən	minlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	minindən	minlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	minindən	minlərindən
bizim (“our”)	minimizdən	minlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	mininizdən	minlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	minindən or minlərindən	minlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimin	minlərimin
sənin (“your”)	mininin	minlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	mininin	minlərinin
bizim (“our”)	minimizin	minlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	mininizin	minlərinizin
onların (“their”)	mininin or minlərinin	minlərinin

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/, [mĩn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *biN.

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

1. spicy, hot, bitter
2. painful
3. intimate
4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense

Declension

Declension of min (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		min	mina	minak
ergative		minek	minak	minek
dative		mini	minari	minei
genitive		minen	minaren	minen
comitative		minekin	minarekin	minekin
causative		minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik
benefactive		minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat
instrumental		minez	minaz	minez
inessive	anim.	minengan	minarengan	minengan
	inanim.	minetan	minean	minetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	minetako	mineko	minetako
allative	anim.	minengana	minarengana	minengana
	inanim.	minetara	minera	minetara
terminative	anim.	minenganaino	minarenganaino	minenganaino
	inanim.	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino
directive	anim.	minenganantz	minarenganantz	minenganantz
	inanim.	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz
destinative	anim.	minenganako	minarenganako	minenganako
	inanim.	minetarako	minerako	minetarako
ablative	anim.	minengandik	minarengandik	minengandik
	inanim.	minetatik	minetik	minetatik
partitive		minik	—	—
prolative		mintzat	—	—

Noun

min inan

1. pain
2. suffering
3. nostalgia, longing
4. desire, wish

Declension

Declension of min (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	min	mina	minak
ergative	minek	minak	minek
dative	mini	minari	minei
genitive	minen	minaren	minen
comitative	minekin	minarekin	minekin
causative	minengatik	minarengatik	minengatik
benefactive	minentzat	minarentzat	minentzat
instrumental	minez	minaz	minez
inessive	minetan	minean	minetan
locative	minetako	mineko	minetako
allative	minetara	minera	minetara
terminative	minetaraino	mineraino	minetaraino
directive	minetarantz	minerantz	minetarantz
destinative	minetarako	minerako	minetarako
ablative	minetatik	minetik	minetatik
partitive	minik	—	—
prolative	mintzat	—	—

Derived terms

• maitemin (“infatuation”)
• maitemindu (“to fall in love”)
• min egin (“to cause pain”)
• min eman (“to cause pain”)
• min gorri (“erysipelas”)
• min hartu (“to hurt (oneself)”)
• min hori (“jaundice”)
• min izan (“to be in pain”)
• minantz (“tendency, illness”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *bini.

Noun

min inan

1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

Further reading

• "min" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “min” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English minus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)

   A min ― A-

Cornish

Alternative forms

• mìn, mynn

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

1. kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

min (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. defect, fault

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Adjective

min

1. Abbreviation of minimal.

   Alternative form: min.

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minut.
2. Abbreviation of minimum.

   Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Preposition

min

1. from

References

• Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎^[2], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: min
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. wetnurse
2. maid, especially a nursemaid

Related terms

• minnemoeder

Descendants

• Negerhollands: minnetje (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: menchi, minnetsje, míntsje (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

A contraction of mannin (“woman”).

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. woman

Derived terms

• meermin
• zeemeermin

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

min

1. minus

   Synonym: minus

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: men

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete) comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer.

Derived terms

• min of meer

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

min

1. inflection of minnen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.

Preposition

min

1. with

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: min

Pronoun

min

1. accusative of mi

   Li batis min! ― He hit me!

2. myself

   Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

Finnish

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

Anagrams

• nim

Fula

Etymology 1

Pronoun

min

1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Usage notes

• Used in Pular.

Dialectal variants

• miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

min

1. (Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

Usage notes

• Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.
• Used in Maasina Fulfulde.
• Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
• Used in Pulaar.

See also

• enen
• en
• meɗen
• hiɗen

Dialectal variants

• men (Pular)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[3], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

Galician

Pronoun

min

1. oblique of eu

Guayabero

Noun

min

1. water

References

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (min); contrast Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149, which has minta

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case							v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Etymology

mi +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmin]

Pronoun

min

1. superessive singular of mi

   Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adverb

min

1. less

   Antonym: plu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn/
• Rhymes: -mɪn, -ɪn, -n
• Hyphenation: min

Etymology 1

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch min, from Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Adjective

min

1. apocopic form of minus

Etymology 2

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch munt, from Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.

Noun

min (plural min-min, first-person possessive minku, second-person possessive minmu, third-person possessive minnya)

1. mint:
   1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
   2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
   3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
   4. A green colour, like that of mint.

      min:  

   5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

Synonyms

• pudina (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “min” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi-. Compare Finnish mitä ... sen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: min

Adverb

min

1. (+ sen) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; the ...

   Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Min alemmaal ono päivyt maan päält, sen pitemp on kupahain, a min hää ono ylempään, sen lyhemp ono kupahain.

     The lower the sun is along the earth, the longer is the shadow, and the higher it is, the shorter is the shadow.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨ̞nʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

1. meal
2. powdered matter

Declension

Declension of min

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative min Vocative a mhin Genitive mine Dative min

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhin Genitive na mine Dative leis an min don mhin

Derived terms

• brachán mine buí m (“polenta”)
• brachán mine coirce m (“oatmeal porridge”)
• céad mine m (“a hundredweight of meal”)
• ceirín mine rois m (“linseed-meal poultice”)
• gairbhseach mine f (“coarsely ground meal”)
• mealdar mine m (“quantity of meal from grinding”)
• min bhuí f (“corn meal”)
• min chairde f (“flour obtained on credit”)
• min chaiscín f (“whole meal”)
• min chalóg f (“flake-meal”)
• min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
• min gharbh f (“coarse meal”)
• min loiscreáin f (“meal made from singed and ground oats”)
• min rabh f (“tiny bits, small fragments”)
• min sáibh f (“sawdust”)
• min tíortha f (“meal made from singed oats”)
• mornán mine m (“a measure of meal”)
• rascalach mine m (“coarse meal”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

min

1. inflection of mion:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
min	mhin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “min”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “min” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “min” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

Japanese

Romanization

min

1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

Kwanka

Noun

min

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Kwaŋ Language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2007), page 4

Latvian

Verb

min

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of minēt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of minēt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of minēt

Verb

min

1. inflection of mīt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mīt

Livonian

Pronoun

min

1. genitive/dative singular of minā

Low German

Alternative forms

• mien, myn, miin, mihn
• meyn, mäin (Westphalian: Sauerländisch)
• muin (Westphalian: Ravensbergisch, in Soest)
• müin, muin (Westphalian: Lippisch)
• moin (Eastphalian)
• m^äin (Eastphalian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German min (myn).

Pronoun

min

1. my (mine)
   • 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, page 319:

     Iß't (dacht he) mynes Vaaders Ernst: so kann ick, up de lezt, doch noch doohn, wat ick will. Iß't syn Spaas: so süht he doch, datt ick em gehorsaam bin.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

	Masculine Singular	Feminine Singular	Neuter Singular	Plural of all Genders
Nominative	min	mine min' min	min	mine min
Genitive	mines (uncommon)		mines (uncommon)
Dative	minen	miner (less common) mine min	minen min	mine min
Accusative	minen	mine min' min	min	mine min' min

See also

• ik/ick
• din, sin

Maia

Noun

min

1. comb

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَن (man), dialectal Arabic مِين (mīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

min

1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

• nirra (narra, larra)
• ta’ min

 

Mandarin

Romanization

min

1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min⁶).

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

min

1. less

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Adverb

min

1. less, to a smaller degree

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Further reading

• “min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mine, minne, myn, myne, mynne, mein, meyne

Etymology

From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Determiner

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

• English: mine (determiner)
• Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

• English: mine (pronoun)
• Scots: mine (pronoun)

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner

mîn

1. my, mine

Descendants

• Alemannic German: miin, myn
• Bavarian: mei

  Cimbrian: main, moi

• Hunsrik: mein
• Luxembourgish: mäin
• German: mein
• Vilamovian: maj
• Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Pronoun

min

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, /mɪn/

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Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

References

• “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• https://naob.no/ordbok/min_3

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse minn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Akin to English mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnː/

Determiner

min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

    Declension of min

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	min	mi	mitt
dative1	minom	minne	mino
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative-accusative	mine	mina2	mine, mi
dative1	minom

¹: Rare or dialectal. ²: Unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Verb

min

1. imperative of mina

References

• “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Declension of min — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn	mīn
Accusative	mīnin	mīna	mīn
Genitive	mīnis	mīnro	mīnis
Dative	mīnin	mīnro	mīnin
Instrumental	mīnin	mīnro	mīnin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīna	mīna	mīna
Accusative	mīna	mīna	mīna
Genitive	mīnro	mīnro	mīnro
Dative	mīnon	mīnon	mīnon
Instrumental	mīn-	mīn-	mīn-

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mijn
  • Dutch: mijn
  • Limburgish: mien

Further reading

• “mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Determiner

mīn

1. my

Declension

Declension of mīn — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn	mīn
Accusative	mīnne	mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnes	mīnre	mīnes
Dative	mīnum	mīnre	mīnum
Instrumental	mīne	mīnre	mīne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Accusative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnra	mīnra	mīnra
Dative	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum
Instrumental	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • English: my, mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

Pronoun

mīn

1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “younger”), 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adjective

min

1. small

Declension

Declension of min — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	min	min	min
Accusative	minne	minne	min
Genitive	minnes	minre	minnes
Dative	minnum	minre	minnum
Instrumental	minne	minre	minne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minne	minna, minne	min
Accusative	minne	minna, minne	min
Genitive	minra	minra	minra
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Declension of min — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minna	minne	minne
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minne
Genitive	minnan	minnan	minnan
Dative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Instrumental	minnan	minnan	minnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Genitive	minra, minnena	minra, minnena	minra, minnena
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Derived terms

• mindōm
• minlīċ
• minsian

 

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • Scots: min, myn
  • English: min

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Singular	First		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	Second		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	Third	Masculine	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		Feminine	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		Neuter	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
Plural	First		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	Third	Masculine	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		Feminine	sio	iro	im, in	sio
		Neuter	siu	iro	im, in	siu
Polite form	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih

Descendants

• Middle High German: mīn
  • Alemannic German: miin, myn
  • Bavarian: mei

    Cimbrian: main, moi

  • Hunsrik: mein
  • Luxembourgish: mäin
  • German: mein
  • Vilamovian: maj
  • Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

min

1. less

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Declension of mīn

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mīn	mīne	mīn	mīnu	mīn	mīne
accusative	mīnana	mīne	mīn	mīnu	mīna	mīne
genitive	mīnes	mīnarō	mīnes	mīnarō	mīnaro	mīnarō
dative	mīnumu	mīnum	mīnumu	mīnum	mīnaro	mīnum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mīno	mīnu	mīna	mīnu	mīna	mīnu
accusative	mīnun	mīnun	mīna	mīnun	mīnun	mīnun
genitive	mīnun	mīnonō	mīnun	mīnonō	mīnun	mīnonō
dative	mīnun	mīnum	mīnun	mīnum	mīnun	mīnum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: mīn
  • German Low German: mien

See also

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

mīn

1. my

Declension

Declension of mīn (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mīn	mīn	mītt
accusative	mīn	mīna	mītt
dative	mīnum, mīnom	mīni	mīnu, mīno
genitive	mīns	mīnar	mīns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mīnir, mīne(r)	mīnar	mīn
accusative	mīna	mīnar	mīn
dative	mīnum, mīnom	mīnum, mīnom	mīnum, mīnom
genitive	mīna	mīna	mīna

Picard

Pronoun

min m

1. my

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: min

Noun

min f

1. genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmin/

• Hyphenation: min

Noun

min m (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of minuto.
   1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.

      O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.

   2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.

      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

• This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
• This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
• The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
  • Example: 20h43min08s

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Cognates include West Frisian myn and German mein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Determiner

min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)

1. my, mine

See also

Saterland Frisian possessives

Possessive determiners
	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
masculine	min	din	sin	hiere	sin	uus	jou	hiere
other	mien	dien	sien		sien
Possessive pronouns
	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
masculine	minnen	dinnen	sinnen	hierens	sinnen	uzen	jouens	hierens
other	mienen	dienen	sienen		sienen

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “min”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *min-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂, see also Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō). However, compare μάσσω (mássō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjin/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

1. flour

   Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

• Usually used in compounds.

Derived terms

• min-choirce

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
min	mhin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min⁶).

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Sumerian

Romanization

min

1. Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

1. min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Miene.

Noun

min c

1. a facial expression

   Synonym: ansiktsuttryck

Declension

Declension of min
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	min	minen	miner	minerna
Genitive	mins	minens	miners	minernas

Derived terms

• hålla god min
• minspel

See also

• uppsyn

References

• min in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• min in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• min in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• nim+

Tatar

Pronoun

min

1. I

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

• minhe
• minuu

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “min”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨn˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

min • (綿, 㒙)

1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) min

1. (dialectal) gaur

Welsh

Etymology

According to Stokes, from Proto-Celtic *maknā, *meknos, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”), see also English maw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Noun

min m (plural minion)

1. point, sharp edge

   Synonyms: ymyl, awch

2. edge, border, brim

   Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl

3. lip

   Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

• minio (“to sharpen, to whet”)
• miniog (“sharp, keen”)
• minlliw (“lipstick”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
min	fin	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.