"Minne" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪnə/ Audio: De-Minne.ogg Forms: Minne [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Minne [nominative, singular], Minne [genitive, singular], Minne [dative, singular], Minne [accusative, singular]
Etymology: Borrowed in the Romantic era from Middle High German minne, from Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”); from Proto-Germanic *minjō. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|gmh|minne}} Middle High German minne, {{der|de|goh|minna|t=loving remembrance}} Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”), {{der|de|gem-pro|*minjō}} Proto-Germanic *minjō Head templates: {{de-noun|f.sg}} Minne f (genitive Minne, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg}}
  1. (archaic, poetic or humorous) romantic love Tags: archaic, feminine, humorous, no-plural, poetic Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: Liebe
    Sense id: en-Minne-de-noun-oSSpUd0n Disambiguation of Love: 53 47
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous Tags: Middle-Ages, feminine, historical, no-plural Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-Minne-de-noun-YMMk4AID Disambiguation of Love: 53 47 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in Minne, Minnedienst, Minnelied, minnen, Minnesang, minniglich
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "in Minne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Minnedienst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Minnelied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minnen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Minnesang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minniglich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "minna",
        "t": "loving remembrance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*minjō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *minjō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed in the Romantic era from Middle High German minne, from Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”); from Proto-Germanic *minjō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Minne f (genitive Minne, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Min‧ne"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Love",
          "orig": "de:Love",
          "parents": [
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            "Virtue",
            "Mind",
            "Ethics",
            "Human",
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-Minne-de-noun-oSSpUd0n",
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          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, poetic or humorous) romantic love"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Liebe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "humorous",
        "no-plural",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Love",
          "orig": "de:Love",
          "parents": [
            "Emotions",
            "Virtue",
            "Mind",
            "Ethics",
            "Human",
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous"
      ],
      "id": "en-Minne-de-noun-YMMk4AID",
      "links": [
        [
          "courtly love",
          "courtly love"
        ],
        [
          "chivalrous",
          "chivalrous"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "knight",
          "knight"
        ],
        [
          "noblewoman",
          "noblewoman"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "adulterous",
          "adulterous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Middle Ages) courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Ages",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪnə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Minne.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/De-Minne.ogg/De-Minne.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/De-Minne.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Minne"
  ],
  "word": "Minne"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Love"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in Minne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minnedienst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minnelied"
    },
    {
      "word": "minnen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minnesang"
    },
    {
      "word": "minniglich"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "minne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German minne",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "minna",
        "t": "loving remembrance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*minjō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *minjō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed in the Romantic era from Middle High German minne, from Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”); from Proto-Germanic *minjō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Minne f (genitive Minne, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Min‧ne"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German humorous terms",
        "German poetic terms",
        "German terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "romantic love"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, poetic or humorous) romantic love"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Liebe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "humorous",
        "no-plural",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courtly love",
          "courtly love"
        ],
        [
          "chivalrous",
          "chivalrous"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "knight",
          "knight"
        ],
        [
          "noblewoman",
          "noblewoman"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "adulterous",
          "adulterous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Middle Ages) courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Ages",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪnə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Minne.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/De-Minne.ogg/De-Minne.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Minne"
  ],
  "word": "Minne"
}

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