mit

See also: MIT, MİT, mít, mît, mīt, mit-, and -mit

Abinomn

Pronoun

mit

1. I

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/, [mid̥]

Pronoun

mit

1. (possessive) neuter singular of min

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: mi, mie, mies, mis, mît

Verb

mit

1. third-person singular past historic of mettre

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, mit, from Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi. Cognate with German Low German met, mihe- (separable part of verbs) (Paderbornisch) and Middle English mid (“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

• audio

  (file)

Preposition

mit (takes dative)

1. with (in the company of; alongside)

   Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden.

   I'm playing with my friends.

2. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)

   Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift.

   I'm writing with a pencil.

   Ich fahre mit dem Bus.

   I'm going by bus.

3. with (as an accessory to)
4. with (having)
5. at (with the age of)
6. with, including, with ... included

Usage notes

• In older usage, Latin-derived nouns occurred in the ablative case after mit, e.g. mit dem Corpore, mit dem Nomine.

Synonyms

• m. (abbreviation)
• m/ (abbreviation; now very rare)

Antonyms

• ohne

Adverb

mit

1. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group

   Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt.

   Here they have some of the best food in town.

   Ich war mit der erste, der hier war.

   I was one of the very first who arrived.

2. also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
3. (somewhat informal) with (something), with it

   Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser.

   I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course.

Derived terms

• mittem (colloquial contraction with definite article dem)
• mim (colloquial contraction with definite article dem; not used in standard German)

Further reading

• “mit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Anagrams

• Tim

German Low German

Preposition

mit

1. Alternative spelling of mid

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 (“what?”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmit]

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

mit

1. accusative singular of mi

   Mit gondolsz? ― What do you think?

2. (colloquial) why

   Mit szórakozol velem? ― Why (the hell) are you messing with me?

Derived terms

• nincs mit

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

Preposition

mit (+ dative)

1. with (in the company of; alongside)

   Komm mit meer.

   Come with me.

2. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)

   Ich schreive mit em Lappis.

   I'm writing with a pencil.

   Meer sin mim Onnibus komm.

   We came by bus.

   Ich mache’s mit zimlicher Sicherheet.

   I do it with considerable certainty.

Antonyms

• ohne

Derived terms

• (mit + dem) mim

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

Adjective

mit

1. small

Middle English

Preposition

mit

1. Alternative spelling of mid

Adjective

mit

1. Alternative spelling of mid

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural miter, definite plural mitene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by midd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural mitar, definite plural mitane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of midd

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• bit

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mit

1. with

Related terms

• midi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: met
  • Dutch: met
  • Limburgish: mit

Further reading

• “mit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• miti

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Akin to Old English mid, Old Saxon mid, Old Norse með.

Preposition

mit

1. with

Descendants

• Middle High German: mite, mit
  • Cimbrian: met
  • German: mit
  • Hunsrik: mit
  • Luxembourgish: mat
  • Vilamovian: myt
  • Yiddish: מיט‎ (mit)

Old Saxon

Preposition

mit

1. Alternative form of mid

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit. Compare German mit, Dutch met, Swedish med.

Adverb

mit

1. along

Preposition

mit

1. with

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: mit

Noun

mit m inan

1. myth (traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience)
2. (figuratively) myth (commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception)

Declension

Declension of mit

	singular	plural
nominative	mit	mity
genitive	mitu	mitów
dative	mitowi	mitom
accusative	mit	mity
instrumental	mitem	mitami
locative	micie	mitach
vocative	micie	mity

Derived terms

• mityczny

 

Further reading

• mit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos) or French mythe.

Noun

mit n (plural mituri)

1. myth (story)

Declension

Declension of mit

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mit	mitul	(niște) mituri	miturile
genitive/dative	(unui) mit	mitului	(unor) mituri	miturilor
vocative	mitule		miturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).

Noun

mȋt m (Cyrillic spelling ми̑т)

1. myth

Declension

Declension of mit

	singular	plural
nominative	mit	mitovi
genitive	mita	mitova
dative	mitu	mitovima
accusative	mit	mitove
vocative	mite	mitovi
locative	mitu	mitovima
instrumental	mitom	mitovima

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *myikw.

Noun

mit

1. eye

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• mīt

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”). See also Old Chinese 蜜 (OC *mit, “honey”), which is possibly a borrowing from Tocharian.

Noun

mit

1. honey

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English meat.

Noun

mit

1. flesh, meat
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:

     Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”

     →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mythe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmit/
• Hyphenation: mit

Noun

mit (definite accusative miti, plural mitler)

1. myth

   Synonyms: efsane, (dated) mitos

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mit
Definite accusative	miti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mit	mitler
Definite accusative	miti	mitleri
Dative	mite	mitlere
Locative	mitte	mitlerde
Ablative	mitten	mitlerden
Genitive	mitin	mitlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mitim mitlerim 2nd singular mitin mitlerin 3rd singular miti mitleri 1st plural mitimiz mitlerimiz 2nd plural mitiniz mitleriniz 3rd plural mitleri mitleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mitimi mitlerimi 2nd singular mitini mitlerini 3rd singular mitini mitlerini 1st plural mitimizi mitlerimizi 2nd plural mitinizi mitlerinizi 3rd plural mitlerini mitlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mitime mitlerime 2nd singular mitine mitlerine 3rd singular mitine mitlerine 1st plural mitimize mitlerimize 2nd plural mitinize mitlerinize 3rd plural mitlerine mitlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mitimde mitlerimde 2nd singular mitinde mitlerinde 3rd singular mitinde mitlerinde 1st plural mitimizde mitlerimizde 2nd plural mitinizde mitlerinizde 3rd plural mitlerinde mitlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mitimden mitlerimden 2nd singular mitinden mitlerinden 3rd singular mitinden mitlerinden 1st plural mitimizden mitlerimizden 2nd plural mitinizden mitlerinizden 3rd plural mitlerinden mitlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mitimin mitlerimin 2nd singular mitinin mitlerinin 3rd singular mitinin mitlerinin 1st plural mitimizin mitlerimizin 2nd plural mitinizin mitlerinizin 3rd plural mitlerinin mitlerinin

Further reading

• mit in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Volapük

Noun

mit (nominative plural mits)

1. meat

Declension

declension of mit

	singular	plural
nominative	mit	mits
genitive	mita	mitas
dative	mite	mites
accusative	miti	mitis
vocative 1	o mit!	o mits!
predicative 2	mitu	mitus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from mit "meat"

• bubamit
• jipamit
• stägamit

See also

• möt ( = de: Mett)

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mît/
• Hyphenation: mit

Noun

mìt

1. eye

Derived terms

• mitmul

 

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41