mein
Anus[edit]
Noun[edit]
mein
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
mein
- (possessive) my
Declension[edit]
Declension 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[edit]
mein
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mein
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽
Hunsrik[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
mein
Inflection[edit]
nominative / 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[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun[edit]
mein n (genitive singular meins, nominative plural mein)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English mīn.
Determiner[edit]
mein (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun[edit]
mein (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mein
- Alternative form of mayn
Nalca[edit]
Noun[edit]
mein
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
mein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina or meinene)
- alternative form of men
Verb[edit]
mein
- imperative of meine
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun[edit]
mein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse meinn, from Proto-Germanic *mainaz.
Adjective[edit]
mein (neuter meint, definite singular and plural meine, comparative meinare, indefinite superlative meinast, definite superlative meinaste)
- cumbersome, mean
- precise, keen
- Synonym: visshøv
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
mein
- 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[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
mein oblique singular, f (oblique plural meinz, nominative singular mein, nominative plural meinz)
- Alternative form of main
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun[edit]
mein n
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
mein
References[edit]
- “mein”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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