mitt
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
editmitt (plural mitts)
- A mitten
- An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
- (informal, especially in the plural) A hand.
- Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmitten — see mitten
oversized, protective glove
See also
editFaroese
editAdverb
editmitt
Icelandic
editPronoun
editmitt
- (possessive) singular nominative/accusative neuter of minn
Declension
editpossessive 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
edit100 | ||
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10[a], [b] | ||
Cardinal: mija Attributive cardinal: mitt |
Numeral
editmitt m or f
- attributive form of mija (“hundred”)
Usage notes
edit- The attributive form is used before counted nouns.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editmitt
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editDeterminer
editmitt n
References
edit- “mitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editDeterminer
editmitt
References
edit- “mitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editAdjective
editmitt
Determiner
editmitt n
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmitt (not comparable)
- 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- mitt i smeten (“in the thick of things”)
Noun
editmitt c
- a middle (central point or area)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | mitt | mitts |
definite | mitten | mittens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Pronoun
editmitt
Declension
editSwedish 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, though it remains limited.
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
References
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