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English
Noun
minde (plural mindes)
- Obsolete spelling of mind
Verb
minde (third-person singular simple present mindes, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)
- Obsolete spelling of mind
Anagrams
Akkadian
Etymology
From 𒈪𒅔 (mīn) + 𒄿𒁲 (īde), literally “what do I know?”.
Pronunciation
Adverb
minde (Babylonian, El-Amarna, Boghazkeui)
- perhaps, maybe, possibly, who knows
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
| Phonetic
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- 𒈪𒅔𒁲 (mi-in-de)
- 𒈪𒀉𒁲 (mi-id-de)
- 𒈪𒁲 (mi-de)
- 𒎙𒁲 (min₃-de)
- 𒎏𒁲 (min₄-de)
- 𒈫𒁲 (min-de)
- 𒈠𒀭𒁕 (ma-an-da)
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References
- “minde”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “minde”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją, cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹 (gaminþi).
Noun
minde n (singular definite mindet, plural indefinite minder)
- a memory, remembrance
- a memorial
- (dated) permission, consent
Declension
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse minna and minnast, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną. Cognate with Swedish minnas.
Verb
minde (past tense mindede, past participle mindet)
- to remind (make somebody remember something)
- to remind (get a person to think of something similar or identical to something)
- to relate to, to be similar to (with the preposition om)
- (passive voice) to remember - see mindes
- to commemorate
- remember, honour the memory of
1947, Olaf Wentrup, Vore gamle kobstaeder: historiske strejftog i tekst og billeder:Ikke underligt derfor, at denne store Dag blev mindet, Kong Frederik den III befalede i den Anledning, at den 14. November hvert Aar skulde fejres.- Not strange therefore that this great day was remembered, king Frederick the third commanded on that occasion, that November 14 was to be celebrated every year.
1998, Bogmarkedet:Morten Korch fejret og mindet i Odense- Morten Korch celebrated and remembered in Odense
Conjugation
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
minde
- inflection of minnen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive