Anus

Noun

mein

1. bird

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

German

Etymology

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯n/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
• Homophone: meinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)

Pronoun

mein

1. (possessive) my

Inflection

When used as a noun, the nominative masculine takes the form meiner, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form meines or meins.

• dein Vater und meiner – your father and mine
• dein Kind und mein(e)s – your child and mine

When the pronoun is placed after a noun, it is left uninflected:

• Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein fahr ich von diesem Leben (song Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein) – Towards Heaven to my father go I from this life.

Gothic

Romanization

mein

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą. Cognate with meinn.

Noun

mein n ‎(genitive singular meins, nominative plural mein)

1. a disease, an illness, an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction
2. harm, damage

Synonyms

• (disease): sjúkdómur m
• (harm): skaði m

Derived terms

Anagrams

• nemi

Nalca

Noun

mein

1. mountain

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mein

1. imperative of meina and meine

Old French

Noun

mein f ‎(oblique plural meinz, nominative singular mein, nominative plural meinz)

1. Alternative form of main

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

mein n

1. harm, mischief, crime, misdeed

Descendants

• Danish: men
• Faroese: mein
• Icelandic: mein
• Swedish: men

References

• mein in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press