"mein" meaning in German

See mein in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /maɪ̯n/ Audio: De-mein.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Compare English my and mine. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{inh|de|goh|mīn}} Old High German mīn, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*mīn}} Proto-West Germanic *mīn, {{cog|en|my}} English my Head templates: {{head|de|determiner|cat2=possessive determiners}} mein Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mein [masculine, nominative, singular], meine [feminine, nominative, singular], mein [neuter, nominative, singular], meine [nominative, plural], meines [genitive, masculine, singular], meiner [feminine, genitive, singular], meines [genitive, neuter, singular], meiner [genitive, plural], meinem [dative, masculine, singular], meiner [dative, feminine, singular], meinem [dative, neuter, singular], meinen [dative, plural], meinen [accusative, masculine, singular], meine [accusative, feminine, singular], mein [accusative, neuter, singular], meine [accusative, plural]
  1. (possessive) my Tags: possessive
    Sense id: en-mein-de-det-A4RoUYrY

Pronoun

IPA: /maɪ̯n/ Audio: De-mein.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Compare English my and mine. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{inh|de|goh|mīn}} Old High German mīn, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*mīn}} Proto-West Germanic *mīn, {{cog|en|my}} English my Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun form}} mein
  1. (archaic) genitive of ich Tags: archaic, form-of, genitive Form of: ich
    Sense id: en-mein-de-pron-8S4tSynT Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, German determiners, German entries with incorrect language header, German first person pronouns, German possessive determiners Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 10 12 7 1 1 4 3 4 11 8 4 1 3 2 0 4 8 2 3 1 Disambiguation of German determiners: 0 100 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of German first person pronouns: 0 100 Disambiguation of German possessive determiners: 12 88

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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