meine

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See also: méine

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nə/
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Pronoun

meine f sg or pl

  1. inflection of meiner:
    1. feminine singular
    2. plural

Determiner

meine f sg or pl

  1. inflection of mein:
    1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Verb

meine

  1. inflection of meinen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive present
    3. singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

meine

  1. Alternative form of meyne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

meine (present tense meiner, past tense meinte, past participle meint, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative mein)

  1. e-infinitive form of meina

Etymology 2

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

meine f (definite singular meina, indefinite plural meiner, definite plural meinene)

  1. (dialectal) opinion
    Synonym: meining
    det var meina mi
    that was my opinion

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

meine

  1. definite singular of mein
  2. plural of mein

References

  • “meine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “meina”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “meine”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016