minnen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch minnen, from Old Dutch minnon, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną. Equivalent to min +‎ -en.

Verb

minnen

  1. (transitive) to love
  2. (transitive) to neck, cuddle
  3. (transitive) to have an affinity for
Inflection
Inflection of minnen (weak)
infinitive minnen
past singular minde
past participle gemind
infinitive minnen
gerund minnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular min minde
2nd person sing. (jij) mint minde
2nd person sing. (u) mint minde
2nd person sing. (gij) mint minde
3rd person singular mint minde
plural minnen minden
subjunctive sing.1 minne minde
subjunctive plur.1 minnen minden
imperative sing. min
imperative plur.1 mint
participles minnend gemind
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: min

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

minnen

  1. plural of min

German

Etymology

From Middle High German minnen, from Old High German minneôn, minnôn, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnən/
  • Hyphenation: min‧nen
  • (file)

Verb

minnen (weak, third-person singular present minnt, past tense minnte, past participle geminnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to love
    • 1868, Karl Simrock, Das Nibelungenlied, 19th edition, page 11:
      Nun war er in der Stärke,   daß er wohl Waffen trug:
      Wes er dazu bedurfte,   des gab man ihm genug.
      Schon sann er zu werben   um manches schöne Kind;
      Die hätten wohl mit Ehren   den schönen Siegfried geminnt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • minnen” in Duden online
  • minnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German minneôn, minnôn, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną.

Verb

minnen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present minnet, past tense minnete, past participle geminnet, auxiliary hân)

  1. to love; to make love to, to have sex with
    • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 8:
      Dône wolde si den herren  niht minnen ûf der vart.
      She did not want to sleep with the lord on the voyage.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “minnen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

minnen (feminine mienen, neuter mienen, plural mienen, attributive min)

  1. mine

See also

Swedish

Noun

minnen

  1. indefinite plural of minne