mein
Anus
editNoun
editmein
References
edit- George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Compare English my and mine.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
- Homophone: meinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)
Determiner
editmein
- (possessive) my
Declension
editDeclension of mein | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | mein | meine | mein | meine |
genitive | meines | meiner | meines | meiner |
dative | meinem | meiner | meinem | meinen |
accusative | meinen | meine | mein | meine |
When used as a possessive pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form meiner, which equals English "mine", and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form meines or meins.
- dein Vater und meiner – your father and mine
- dein Kind und mein(e)s – your child and mine
When the pronoun is placed after a noun, it is left uninflected:
- Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein fahr ich von diesem Leben (song Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein) – Towards Heaven to my father go I from this life.
Pronoun
editmein
Further reading
editAnagrams
editGothic
editRomanization
editmein
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein.
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editmein
Inflection
editnominative / accusative | dative | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
1st person singular | mein | mein | mein | mein, meine1 | meim | meiner | meim | meine |
2nd person singular | dein | dein | dein | dein, deine1 | deim | deiner | deim | deine |
3rd person singular (m/n) | sein | sein | sein | sein, seine1 | seim | seiner | seim | seine |
3rd person singular (f) | eere | eere | eere | eere | eerem | eerer | eerem | eere |
1st person plural | unser | unser | unser | unser, unsre1 | unsrem | unsrer | unsrem | unsre |
2nd person plural | eier | eier | eier | eier, eire1 | eirem | eirer | eirem | eire |
3rd person plural | eere | eere | eere | eere | eerem | eerer | eerem | eere |
1Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular
Further reading
editIcelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun
editmein n (genitive singular meins, nominative plural mein)
Declension
editSynonyms
editDerived terms
editAnagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English mīn.
Determiner
editmein (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun
editmein (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmein
- Alternative form of mayn
Nalca
editNoun
editmein
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editmein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina or meinene)
- alternative form of men
Verb
editmein
- imperative of meine
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun
editmein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Norse meinn, from Proto-Germanic *mainaz.
Adjective
editmein (neuter meint, definite singular and plural meine, comparative meinare, indefinite superlative meinast, definite superlative meinaste)
- cumbersome, mean
- precise, keen
- Synonym: visshøv
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editmein
- imperative of meine
References
edit- “mein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “mein”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “mein” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Anagrams
editOld French
editNoun
editmein oblique singular, f (oblique plural meinz, nominative singular mein, nominative plural meinz)
- Alternative form of main
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun
editmein n
Declension
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editmein
References
edit- “mein”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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