"mir" meaning in German

See mir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /miːɐ̯/ [standard], /mɐ/ [colloquial] (note: in unstressed position), /mə/ [colloquial] (note: in unstressed position) Audio: De-mir.ogg , De-mir2.ogg
Rhymes: -iːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German mir (“me”), from Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English mē (“me”). More at me. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|mir||me}} Middle High German mir (“me”), {{inh|de|goh|mir||me}} Old High German mir (“me”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*miʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*miz||me}} Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*(e)me-}} Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, {{m|ine-pro|*(e)me-n-||me}} *(e)me-n- (“me”), {{cog|ang|mē||me}} Old English mē (“me”), {{l|en|me}} me Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun form}} mir
  1. (personal) dative of ich: me, to me: Tags: dative, form-of, personal Form of: ich (extra: me, to me) Derived forms: mirs (english: it to me)
    Sense id: en-mir-de-pron-6W4e0fIy Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German first person pronouns, German personal pronouns, German pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of German first person pronouns: 57 43 Disambiguation of German personal pronouns: 71 29 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /miːɐ̯/ [standard], /mɐ/ [colloquial] (note: in unstressed position), /mə/ [colloquial] (note: in unstressed position) Audio: De-mir.ogg , De-mir2.ogg
Rhymes: -iːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German mir (“we”). The form originated through assimilation of wir with a preceding verb form and subsequent unetymological segmentation. This is possibly already an Old High German development, since a common Old High German ending of the 1st person plural was -em, thus bittēm wir → *bittē-mir (modern bitten wir (“ask we, do we ask”)). The contraction as such is definitely old, though the common form of assimilation, both in written Old High German and written Middle High German, is through loss of the nasal: bittē wir. The form with mir may either be a younger development in Middle High German, or a more colloquial form that only later appeared in writing. Older age is suggested by the great dominance of mir throughout modern dialects of High German. Compare Yiddish מיר (mir), Luxembourgish mir. Compare also Old Norse mit (“we two”), Norwegian Nynorsk me (“we”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|mir|t=we}} Middle High German mir (“we”), {{m|gmh|wir}} wir, {{der|de|goh|-}} Old High German, {{m|de|bitten wir||ask we, do we ask}} bitten wir (“ask we, do we ask”), {{cog|yi|מיר}} Yiddish מיר (mir), {{cog|lb|mir}} Luxembourgish mir, {{noncog|non|mit|t=we two}} Old Norse mit (“we two”), {{noncog|nn|me|t=we}} Norwegian Nynorsk me (“we”) Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} mir
  1. (dialectal or colloquial) Alternative form of wir (“we”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, dialectal Alternative form of: wir (extra: we)
    Sense id: en-mir-de-pron-5eY4uAkg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "wir",
          "wir#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal or colloquial) Alternative form of wir (“we”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miːɐ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːɐ̯"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐ/",
      "note": "in unstressed position",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mə/",
      "note": "in unstressed position",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-mir.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/De-mir.ogg/De-mir.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/De-mir.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-mir2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/De-mir2.ogg/De-mir2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/De-mir2.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mir"
}

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