Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle Dutch minnen, from Old Dutch minnon, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną. Equivalent to min +‎ -en.

Verb Edit

minnen

  1. (transitive) to love
  2. (transitive) to neck, cuddle
  3. (transitive) to have an affinity for
Inflection Edit
Inflection of minnen (weak)
infinitive minnen
past singular minde
past participle gemind
infinitive minnen
gerund minnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular min minde
2nd person sing. (jij) mint minde
2nd person sing. (u) mint minde
2nd person sing. (gij) mint minde
3rd person singular mint minde
plural minnen minden
subjunctive sing.1 minne minde
subjunctive plur.1 minnen minden
imperative sing. min
imperative plur.1 mint
participles minnend gemind
1) Archaic.
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
  • Afrikaans: min

Etymology 2 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun Edit

minnen

  1. plural of min

German Edit

Etymology Edit

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *minjōną. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnən/
  • Hyphenation: min‧nen
  • (file)

Verb Edit

minnen (weak, third-person singular present minnt, past tense minnte, past participle geminnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to love
    • 1868, Karl Simrock, Das Nibelungenlied[1], 19th edition, page 11:
      Nun war er in der Stärke,   daß er wohl Waffen trug:
      Wes er dazu bedurfte,   des gab man ihm genug.
      Schon sann er zu werben   um manches schöne Kind;
      Die hätten wohl mit Ehren   den schönen Siegfried geminnt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation Edit

Further reading Edit

  • minnen” in Duden online
  • minnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle High German Edit

Etymology Edit

Old High German minneôn, minnôn, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną.

Verb Edit

minnen

  1. to love; to make love to, to have sex with
    • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 8:
      Dône wolde si den herren  niht minnen ûf der vart.
      She did not want to sleep with the lord on the voyage.

Descendants Edit

Saterland Frisian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

minnen (feminine mienen, neuter mienen, plural mienen, attributive min)

  1. mine

See also Edit

Swedish Edit

Noun Edit

minnen

  1. indefinite plural of minne