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mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun edit

mitt (plural mitts)

 
An oven mitt.
  1. A mitten
  2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  3. (informal, especially in the plural) A hand.
    Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

mitten — see mitten

See also edit

Faroese edit

Adverb edit

mitt

  1. mid, in the middle
  2. just as

Icelandic edit

Pronoun edit

mitt

  1. (possessive) singular nominative/accusative neuter of minn

Declension edit

possessive pronouns
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative minn mín mitt mínir mínar mín
accusative minn mína mitt mína mínar mín
dative mínum minni mínu mínum mínum mínum
genitive míns minnar míns minna minna minna

Maltese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Maltese numbers (edit)
100
10[a], [b]
    Cardinal: mija
    Attributive cardinal: mitt

Numeral edit

mitt m or f

  1. attributive form of mija (“hundred”)
Usage notes edit
  • The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

mitt

  1. first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

mitt n

  1. neuter singular of min

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

mitt

  1. neuter singular of min

References edit

Old Norse edit

Adjective edit

mitt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner edit

mitt n

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

mitt (not comparable)

  1. in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
    Vi befann oss mitt emellan två städer
    We were at around the middle point (literally) / right between two cities
    De befann sig mitt i kaoset
    They were in the middle of (literally) / right in the chaos
    Det var mitt i natten
    It was the middle of the night
    Jag blev slagen mitt i nyllet
    I was punched right in ("in the middle of") the face

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

mitt c

  1. a middle (central point or area)

Declension edit

Declension of mitt 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mitt mitten — —
Genitive mitts mittens — —

Pronoun edit

mitt

  1. (possessive) my, mine (neuter gender, singular)

Declension edit

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
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

References edit

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