mäin

See also: main, Main, and -main

Finnish

Noun

mäin

1. instructive plural of mäki

Anagrams

• minä

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, West Frisian myn, English my, mine, Icelandic minn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæːɪ̯n/
• Rhymes: -æːɪn

Determiner

mäin

1. my, mine

   Dat ass mäin Hond — That is my dog

   Hien ass mäi Brudder — He is my brother

Usage notes

• As a result of the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than ⟨d⟩, ⟨h⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨t⟩ or ⟨z⟩.

See also

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns

				nominative / accusative				dative
				singular possessum			plural possessum	singular possessum			plural possessum
				m	f	n		m	f	n
singular possessor	1st person			mäin	meng	mäin	meng	mengem	menger	mengem	mengen
	2nd person	informal		däin	deng	däin	deng	dengem	denger	dengem	dengen
		formal		Ären	Är	Äert	Är	Ärem	Ärer	Ärem	Ären
	3rd person		m or n	säin	seng	säin	seng	sengem	senger	sengem	sengen
			f	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren
plural possessor	1st person			eisen	eis	eist	eis	eisem	eiser	eisem	eisen
	2nd person			ären	är	äert	är	ärem	ärer	ärem	ären
	3rd person			hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren