min

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Translingual

Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function
2. minute in International System of Units

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English

Etymology 1

From minute.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Alternative form of min.

   Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Alternative forms

• myn, minne, mynne

Adjective

min (comparative more min, superlative most min)

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less
   • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)

     The more and the minne

Etymology 3

From Middle English min, minne, from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”). More at mine.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
   • 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:

     […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]

Etymology 4

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
2. (transitive, obsolete) to remember
3. (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of minimum.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. minimum

   He's gotta be at least 60, min!

   Antonym: max

Translations

abbreviation for minimum

• Swedish: min (sv)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• INM, NMI, nim

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Arigidi

Pronoun

min

1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• minu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *minō, from Latin minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

1. I move

Related terms

• amin (“throw/discharge, lead”)
• minari / minare
• minat
• mãn (“conduct, lead, drive”)

 

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Asturian

Pronoun

min

1. me (as the object of a preposition)

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		мин
Abjad		مین

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur mynk (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]

Numeral

min

1. thousand

Declension

Declension of min

	singular	plural
nominative	min	minlər
definite accusative	mini	minləri
dative	minə	minlərə
locative	mində	minlərdə
ablative	mindən	minlərdən
definite genitive	minin	minlərin

Possessive forms of min

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minim	minlərim
sənin (“your”)	minin	minlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	mini	minləri
bizim (“our”)	minimiz	minlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	mininiz	minləriniz
onların (“their”)	mini or minləri	minləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimi	minlərimi
sənin (“your”)	minini	minlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	minini	minlərini
bizim (“our”)	minimizi	minlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	mininizi	minlərinizi
onların (“their”)	minini or minlərini	minlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimə	minlərimə
sənin (“your”)	mininə	minlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	mininə	minlərinə
bizim (“our”)	minimizə	minlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	mininizə	minlərinizə
onların (“their”)	mininə or minlərinə	minlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimdə	minlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	minində	minlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	minində	minlərində
bizim (“our”)	minimizdə	minlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	mininizdə	minlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	minində or minlərində	minlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimdən	minlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	minindən	minlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	minindən	minlərindən
bizim (“our”)	minimizdən	minlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	mininizdən	minlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	minindən or minlərindən	minlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	minimin	minlərimin
sənin (“your”)	mininin	minlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	mininin	minlərinin
bizim (“our”)	minimizin	minlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	mininizin	minlərinizin
onların (“their”)	mininin or minlərinin	minlərinin

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Basque

Noun

min ?

1. pain

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• mìn, mynn

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪn]

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

1. kids (young goats)

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

min (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. defect, fault

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Danish

Adjective

min or min.

1. Abbreviation of minimal.

Noun

min or min.

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. Abbreviation of minut.

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

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Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْ (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Preposition

min

1. from

References

• Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎^[1], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: min
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. wetnurse
2. maid, especially a nursemaid

Related terms

• minnemoeder

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

min

1. minus

   Synonym: minus

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete) (deprecated template usage) Comparative form of weinig; less, fewer.

Derived terms

• min of meer

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

min

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of minnen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of minnen

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Elfdalian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

min

1. with

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Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun {{m|eo|mi|| + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: min

Pronoun

min

1. accusative of mi

   Li batis min! ― He hit me!

2. myself

   Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

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Finnish

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

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Galician

Pronoun

min

1. oblique of eu

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Guayabero

Noun

min

1. water

References

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (min); contrast Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149, which has minta

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Hungarian

Etymology

mi +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmin]

Pronoun

min

1. superessive singular of mi

   Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adverb

min

1. less

   Antonym: plu

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

1. meal
2. powdered matter

Declension

Declension of min

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative min Vocative a mhin Genitive mine Dative min

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhin Genitive na mine Dative leis an min don mhin

Derived terms

• arán mine buí m (“bread containing a mixture of Indian meal”)
• arán mine cruithneachta m (“(flour) bread containing a mixture of wheaten meal”)
• brachán mine buí m (“maize porridge, polenta”)
• brachán mine coirce m (“oatmeal porridge”)
• céad mine m (“a hundredweight of meal”)
• ceirín mine rois m (“linseed-meal poultice”)
• gairbhseach mine f (“coarsely-ground meal”)
• mealdar mine m (“quantity of meal from grinding”)
• min bhuí f (“corn meal”)
• min chairde f (“flour, meal, obtained on credit”)
• min chaiscín f (“whole meal”)
• min chalóg f (“flake-meal”)
• min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
• min chruithneachta f (“wheatmeal”)
• min eorna f (“barley-meal”)
• min gharbh f (“coarse meal”)
• min loiscreáin, min tíortha f (“meal made from singed oats”)
• min loiscreáin f (“meal made from singed and ground oats”)
• min phise f (“pease-meal”)
• min rabh f (“tiny bits, small fragments; shreds, filings”)
• min rois f (“linseed meal”)
• min sáibh f (“sawdust”)
• min seagail f (“rye-meal”)
• mornán mine m (“a measure of meal”)
• rascalach mine m (“coarse meal”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

min

1. inflection of mion:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
min	mhin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “min”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “min”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “min”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Japanese

Romanization

min

1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

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Kurdish

Pronoun

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

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Kwanka

Noun

min

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Kwaŋ Language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2007), page 4

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Latvian

Verb

min

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of minēt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of minēt
3. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of minēt
4. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of minēt

Verb

min

1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular present indicative form of mīt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of mīt
3. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of mīt
4. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular imperative form of mīt
5. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of mīt
6. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of mīt

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Livonian

Pronoun

min

1. genitive/dative singular of minā

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Maia

Noun

min

1. comb

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَن (man), dialectal Arabic مِين (mīn)

Pronoun

min

1. who (interrogative)

Derived terms

• ta’ min

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Mandarin

Romanization

min (min⁵／min⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄧㄣ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

min

1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min)

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

min

1. less

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Adverb

min

1. less, to a smaller degree

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Further reading

• “min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• mine, minne, myn, myne, mynne, mein, meyne

Etymology

From Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Determiner

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

• English: mine (determiner)
• Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular genitive pronoun: mine

Descendants

• English: mine (pronoun)
• Scots: mine (pronoun)

References

• “min, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

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Middle High German

Etymology

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

Determiner

mîn

1. my, mine

Descendants

• Alemannic German: miin, myn
• Bavarian: mia

  Cimbrian: main

• Hunsrik: mein
• Luxembourgish: mäin
• German: mein
• Vilamovian: maj
• Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minn.

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

References

• “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse minn. Akin to English mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnː/

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je1	du		han	ho	det, dat2
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim2
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim2
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Verb

min

1. imperative of mina

References

• “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Adverb

1. less

   Antonym: plu

   Coordinate term: tam

Usage notes

• Used to form the negative comparative form of adjectives.

See also

• kam

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Declension of min — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn	mīn
Accusative	mīnin	mīna	mīn
Genitive	mīnis	mīnro	mīnis
Dative	mīnin	mīnro	mīnin
Instrumental	mīnin	mīnro	mīnin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīna	mīna	mīna
Accusative	mīna	mīna	mīna
Genitive	mīnro	mīnro	mīnro
Dative	mīnon	mīnon	mīnon
Instrumental	mīn-	mīn-	mīn-

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mijn
  • Dutch: mijn
  • Limburgish: mien

Further reading

• “mīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos, from *mei (locative form of *me- (“me”)) + *-no- (“adjectival suffix”). Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Determiner

mīn

1. my

Declension

Declension of mīn — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīn	mīn	mīn
Accusative	mīnne	mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnes	mīnre	mīnes
Dative	mīnum	mīnre	mīnum
Instrumental	mīne	mīnre	mīne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Accusative	mīne	mīna, mīne	mīn
Genitive	mīnra	mīnra	mīnra
Dative	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum
Instrumental	mīnum	mīnum	mīnum

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • English: my, mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

Pronoun

mīn

1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “younger”), 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adjective

min

1. small

Declension

Declension of min — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	min	min	min
Accusative	minne	minne	min
Genitive	minnes	minre	minnes
Dative	minnum	minre	minnum
Instrumental	minne	minre	minne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minne	minna, minne	min
Accusative	minne	minna, minne	min
Genitive	minra	minra	minra
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Declension of min — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minna	minne	minne
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minne
Genitive	minnan	minnan	minnan
Dative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Instrumental	minnan	minnan	minnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Accusative	minnan	minnan	minnan
Genitive	minra, minnena	minra, minnena	minra, minnena
Dative	minnum	minnum	minnum
Instrumental	minnum	minnum	minnum

Derived terms

• mindōm
• minlīċ
• minsian

 

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • Scots: min, myn
  • English: min

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Pronoun

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Singular	First		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	Second		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	Third	Masculine	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		Feminine	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		Neuter	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
Plural	First		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	Third	Masculine	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		Feminine	sio	iro	im, in	sio
		Neuter	siu	iro	im, in	siu
Polite form	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih

Descendants

• Middle High German: mīn
  • Alemannic German: miin, myn
  • Bavarian: mia

    Cimbrian: main

  • Hunsrik: mein
  • Luxembourgish: mäin
  • German: mein
  • Vilamovian: maj
  • Yiddish: מײַן (mayn)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

min

1. less

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner

mīn

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Declension of mīn

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mīn	mīne	mīn	mīnu	mīn	mīne
accusative	mīnana	mīne	mīn	mīnu	mīna	mīne
genitive	mīnes	mīnarō	mīnes	mīnarō	mīnaro	mīnarō
dative	mīnumu	mīnum	mīnumu	mīnum	mīnaro	mīnum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mīno	mīnu	mīna	mīnu	mīna	mīnu
accusative	mīnun	mīnun	mīna	mīnun	mīnun	mīnun
genitive	mīnun	mīnonō	mīnun	mīnonō	mīnun	mīnonō
dative	mīnun	mīnum	mīnun	mīnum	mīnun	mīnum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: mīn
  • German Low German: mien

See also

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

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Picard

Pronoun

min m

1. my

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min

1. genitive plural of mina

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Portuguese

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minuto.
   1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.

      O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.

   2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.

      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

• This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
• This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
• The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
  • Example: 20h43min08s

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjin/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

1. flour

   Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

• Usually used in compounds.

Derived terms

• min-choirce

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
min	mhin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “min”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese 麵／面 (min)

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

1. min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

min c (neuter mitt, plural mina)

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Miene.

Noun

min c

1. facial expression

Declension

Declension of min
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	min	minen	miner	minerna
Genitive	mins	minens	miners	minernas

Anagrams

• nim

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Tatar

Noun

min

1. defect, sin

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Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min

1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [min˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨn˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

min • (綿, 㒙)

1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) min

1. (dialectal) gaur