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German
Pronunciation
Pronoun
meine f sg or pl
- inflection of meiner:
- feminine singular
- plural
Determiner
meine f sg or pl
- inflection of mein:
- nominative/accusative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Verb
meine
- inflection of meinen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Noun
meine
- 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)
- 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)
- (dialectal) opinion
- Synonym: meining
det var meina mi- that was my opinion
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
meine
- definite singular of mein
- 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