meidän

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See also: meidan and meidán

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmei̯dæn/, [ˈme̞i̯dæn]
  • Rhymes: -eidæn
  • Syllabification(key): mei‧dän

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) genitive of me

Pronoun

meidän

  1. The genitive plural of the personal pronoun me, in most cases (with the possessive suffix -mme appended to the main word owned) translated with the possessive pronoun our; after the verb olla: ours:
    Meidän äitimme on 45 (neljäkymmentäviisi) vuotta vanha.
    Our mother is 45 years old.
    Tämä kirja on meidän.
    This book is ours.
  2. Used with verbs or verb structures that are used monopersonally such as pitää, täytyä, tulla, olla + passive present participle etc., and require genitive: translated into English we:
    Meidän pitää/täytyy/tulee tehdä / on tehtävä tämä nyt.
    We have to do this now.

Etymology 2

From me with the accusative singular marker -n.

Pronoun

meidän

  1. (dialectal, dated) (deprecated template usage) accusative of me
    Synonym: meidät