mein

See also: méin and Mein

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 Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Compare English my and mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
• Homophone: meinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Determiner

mein

1. (possessive) my

Declension

Declension of mein

	singular			plural
	m	f	n
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

mein

1. (archaic) genitive of ich

Further reading

• “mein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “mein” in Duden online

Anagrams

• Mine

Gothic

Romanization

mein

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯n/

Determiner

mein

1. my

Inflection

Hunsrik possessive pronouns

		nominative / accusative		dative
		singular referent	plural referent	singular referent		plural referent
				m or n	f
1st person singular		mein	mein, meine1	meim	meiner	meine
2nd person singular		dein	dein, deine1	deim	deiner	deine
3rd person singular	m or n	sein	sein, seine1	seim	seiner	seine
	f	eere	eere	eerem	eerer	eere
1st person plural		unser	unser, unsre1	unsrem	unsrer	unsre
2nd person plural		eier	eier, eire1	eirem	eirer	eire
3rd person plural		eere	eere	eerem	eerer	eere

¹ Form used when the plural of the noun is the same as the singular

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Noun

mein n (genitive singular meins, nominative plural mein)

1. disease, illness

   Synonym: sjúkdómur m

2. harm, damage

   Synonym: skaði m

Declension

Declension of mein (neuter)

	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

Derived terms

• gera einhverjum mein (“to harm someone”)
• kenna sé einskis meins
• krabbamein
• meinabót
• meinabrot
• meinafræði
• meinafullur
• meinagemsi
• meinakind
• meinakoma
• meinalaus
• meinamál
• meinasauður
• meinatækni
• meinatæknir

Anagrams

• nemi

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mein

1. Alternative form of mayn

Nalca

Noun

mein

1. mountain

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina or meinene)

1. alternative form of men

Verb

mein

1. imperative of meine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪːn/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mein n (definite singular meinet, indefinite plural mein, definite plural meina)

1. harm
2. obstacle

Derived terms

• til meins
• meinføre

Related terms

• meine

Etymology 2

From Old Norse meinn, from Proto-Germanic *mainaz.

Adjective

mein (neuter meint, definite singular and plural meine, comparative meinare, indefinite superlative meinast, definite superlative meinaste)

1. cumbersome, mean
2. precise, keen

   Synonym: visshøv

Related terms

• mein-

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mein

1. imperative of meine

References

• “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

• mein-, meni

Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of main

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

mein n

1. harm, mischief, crime, misdeed

Declension

Declension of mein (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mein	meinit	mein	meinin
accusative	mein	meinit	mein	meinin
dative	meini	meininu	meinum	meinunum
genitive	meins	meinsins	meina	meinanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: mein
• Faroese: mein
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: mein
• Old Swedish: mēn
  • Swedish: men
• Danish: men
  • Norwegian Bokmål: men

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mein

1. strong feminine nominative singular of meinn
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of meinn

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive