מינץ

Yiddish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German muniz, munizza, from Proto-West Germanic *munit. Compare German Münze, Dutch munt.

Noun

מינץ • (mints) n, diminutive מינצל (mintsl)

1. coin

   Synonyms: מאָנעטע (monete), מטבע (matbeye)

2. change, spare change

Derived terms

• מינצאַרניע (mintsarnye)
• מינצהויז (mintshoyz)
• מינצעווען (mintseven)

 

Noun

מינץ • (mints) f, plural מינצן (mintsn)

1. mint (building)

   Synonyms: מינצאַרניע (mintsarnye), מינצהויז (mintshoyz), מטבעות־גיסערײַ (matbeyes-giseray), מטבעות־שלעגערײַ (matbeyes-shlegeray), מטבעות־קריצערײַ (matbeyes-kritseray)

Usage notes

• This term, like דינג (ding), seems to be chiefly used in European Yiddish, and less in American Yiddish.
• The sense of "mint" as a building is not attested in the Yiddish-Belarusian Dictionary.

Related terms

• מינצן (mintsn)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “minc”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 541
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “מינץ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German minze, from Old High German minza, from Proto-West Germanic *mintā, from Latin menta. Compare German Minze.

Noun

מינץ • (mints) f

1. mint (plant)

   Synonyms: מיאַטע (myate), מיענטע (myente), מיאַטקע (myatke)

Derived terms

• פֿעפֿערמינץ (fefermints)