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mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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!

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Faroese

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Adverb

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mitt

  1. mid, in the middle
  2. just as

Icelandic

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Pronoun

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mitt

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

Declension

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Numeral

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mitt m or f

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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mitt

  1. first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mitt.

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Determiner

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mitt n

  1. neuter singular of min

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mitt.

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Determiner

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mitt

  1. neuter singular of min

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Old Norse

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Adjective

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mitt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

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mitt n

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

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Adverb

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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

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Noun

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mitt c

  1. a middle (central point or area)

Declension

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Declension of mitt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mitt mitts
definite mitten mittens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Pronoun

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mitt

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

Declension

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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, though it remains limited.
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

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