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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch minne; more at min.
Noun
minne f (uncountable)
- Alternative form of min (“love, affection”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
minne
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of minnen
Finnish
Etymology
mi- + -nne (sublative singular)
Pronunciation
Adverb
minne
- (of movement) where (... to), whither
Minne menet?- Where are you going (to)?
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch minna.
Noun
minne m or f
- love
- (rare) remembrance (possibly from a different etymology)
Inflection
Weak feminine
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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minne
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minnen
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Accusative
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minne
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minnen
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Genitive
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minnen
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minnen
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Dative
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minne, minnen
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minnen
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Middle English
Determiner
minne (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun
minne (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
minne f (plural minnes)
- (Jersey) mine
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minni.
Noun
minne n (definite singular minnet, indefinite plural minner, definite plural minna or minnene)
- memory (of a person)
- (computing) memory
- a memento
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse minna.
Verb
minne (imperative minn, present tense minner, passive minnes, simple past minna or minnet or minte, past participle minna or minnet or mint, present participle minnende)
- to remind (someone) (om / of)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minþiją, *gaminþiją.
Noun
minne n (definite singular minnet, indefinite plural minne, definite plural minna)
- memory (of a person)
- (computing) memory
- a memento
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse minna, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.
Verb
minne (present tense minner, past tense minte, past participle mint, passive infinitive minnast, present participle minnande, imperative minn)
- to remind
- den fargen minner meg om haust
- that colour reminds me of fall
- (reflexive) return, reappear
- sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
- the illness may come back later
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Old English
Pronunciation
Determiner
mīnne
- accusative masculine singular of mīn
Adjective
minne
- inflection of min:
- strong accusative masculine/feminine singular/plural
- strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
- strong nominative masculine/feminine plural
- weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
- weak accusative neuter singular
Swahili
Adjective
minne
- Mi class inflected form of -nne.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse minni.
Pronunciation
Noun
minne n
- memory; component used in computers etc. store information
- (uncountable) the amount of information possible to store in a computer memory
- the ability of an organism of remembering things, by storing them in the brain
- a record of a specific thing remembered
- remembrance; souvenir
- memorabilia
- memoir
- (arithmetic) carry
- Sju plus åtta ger fem, och ett i minne
- Seven and eight gives five, and one to carry
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