"Mein" meaning in All languages combined

See Mein on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Meins [plural]
Etymology: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Mein, from the personal name Maino, Meino, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able, be strong”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective (ge)mein (“mean, nasty”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Main. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{bor|en|de|Mein}} German Mein, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*magan|t=to be able, be strong}} Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able, be strong”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Mein (plural Meins)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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