mein

See also: méin

Anus

Noun

mein

  1. bird

References
  • George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

German

Etymology

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
  • Homophone: meinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Adjective

mein

  1. (possessive) my

Inflection
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.

Gothic

Romanization

mein

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/

Determiner

mein

  1. my

Inflection
Hunsrik possessive pronouns
nominative / accusative dative
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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

mein n (genitive singular meins, nominative plural mein)

  1. disease, illness
  2. harm, damage

Declension
declension of mein
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mein meinið mein meinin
accusative mein meinið mein meinin
dative meini meininu meinum meinunum
genitive meins meinsins meina meinanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • meinafullur
  • meinagemsi
  • meinakind
  • meinakoma
  • meinalaus
  • meinamál
  • meinasauður
  • meinatækni
  • meinatæknir

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mīn.

Determiner

mein (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of min

Pronoun

mein (subjective I)

  1. Alternative form of min

References

Etymology 2

From Old English mæġen.

Noun

mein

  1. Alternative form of mayn

Nalca

Noun

mein

  1. mountain

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mein

  1. imperative of meina and meine

Old French

Noun

mein f (oblique plural meinz, nominative singular mein, nominative plural meinz)

  1. Alternative form of main

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

mein n

  1. harm, mischief, crime, misdeed

Descendants

References
  • mein in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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