mein

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

mein

  1. (possessive) my

Inflection [edit]

masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative mein meine mein meine
genitive meines meiner meines meiner
dative meinem meiner meinem meinen
accusative meinen meine mein meine

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

mein

  1. See 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

mein n (genitive singular meins, plural mein)

  1. a disease, an illness, an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction
  2. harm, damage

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Old French [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of main.

Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun [edit]

mein n

  1. harm, mischief, crime, misdeed

Descendants [edit]