mijn
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛi̯n/ (stressed)
- IPA(key): /mən/ (unstressed; may be spelt m'n)
audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mijn
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n, -ən
Determiner
mijn (dependent possessive, independent possessive mijne, contracted form m'n)
Inflection
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
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singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”). Some senses are borrowed from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)
- mine (place where ore is taken out of the ground)
- mine (device meant to explode when stepped upon or touched)
- (historical) mine (tunnel used for sapping enemy defence works or lines)
- (entomology) shaft dug by an insect larva in plant organs, such as leaves
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: myn
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mijn
Descendants
Further reading
- “mijn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mijn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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