moin

See also: Moin, móin, môin, and möin

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• måln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔe̯n/
• Homophone: moihn

Verb

moin (past participle gmoit) (Central Bavarian)

1. (intransitive) to paint (do paintwork)
2. (transitive or intransitive) to paint (create a painting)
3. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of moin

infinitive	moin
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	moi	-	målad
2nd person sing.	moist	-	måladst
3rd person sing.	moit	-	målad
1st person plur.	moin	-	måladn
2nd person plur.	moits	-	målats
3rd person plur.	moin	-	måladn
imperative sing.	moi
imperative plur.	moits
past participle	gmoit

Derived terms

• åmoin
• aufmoin
• omoin

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

moin f (plural moins)

1. hand

Finnish

Noun

moin

1. instructive plural of moa

Anagrams

• -nomi, moni, moni-, omin

German

Alternative forms

• moin, moin; moin moin (might be perceived as foreign or artificial in some regions, e.g. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Etymology

From, or from the same source as, German Low German moin, beyond which the etymology is not clear; see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːɪn/, /mɔːɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɪn

Interjection

moin

1. (colloquial, Northern Germany) hi

Usage notes

Increasingly used outside of Northern Germany.

Further reading

• “moin [moin, Moin, [Moin]]” in Duden online
• “moin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, “Moin, Moin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• moin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• moin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German Low German

Etymology

The etymology is not clear.

• It stems possibly from moi, moie, moien (“nice, bright, shiny”), from Middle Low German [Term?], thus meaning would be '(have a) good one'. This would explain the pronunciation with /ŋ/ in some areas, which would stem from regular inflection of Low German moi.
• It is also possible that this word is a borrowing from a Frisian language, which would explain the vowel sequence /ɔːɪ/, which does not naturally occur in almost any Low German dialect.
• Further, many sources say that the word comes from the Berlin area, representing the local pronunciation of German Morgen (“morning”): [mɔɐ̯jɘn]. The pronunciation would come either from local Low German (where the word was pronounced [mɔrʝɘn]) and then have undergone r-vocalisation, or from early modern Upper Saxonian (/mɔˤjən/ or something similar), which is the German dialect that initially replaced Low German in Berlin. The word was understood as 'moin' by the rhotic dialects surrounding the city and spread north from them.
• Should this word be a West Frisian or Berlinian borrowing, it is likely that it was later conflated with the Low German word moi (/moːɪ/).
• A descent, at least partially, from a lost West Slavic dialect has also been hypothesized.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːɪn/
• IPA^(key): /mɔːɪŋ/

Interjection

moin

1. (informal) hi

Descendants

• → Saterland Frisian: moin
• → Kashubian: mòjn

Kairiru

Noun

moin

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

North Frisian

Etymology

From German Low German moin. Cognate to Kashubian mòjn.

Interjection

moin

1. (informal) hi

Saterland Frisian

Saterland Frisian phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German moin. Cognate to Kashubian mòjn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔy̯n/
• Hyphenation: moin
• Rhymes: -ɔy̯n

Interjection

moin!

1. hi! hello!

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “moin”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN