מינץ
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old High German muniz, munizza, from Proto-West Germanic *munit. Compare German Münze, Dutch munt.
Noun
[edit]מינץ • (mints) n, diminutive מינצל (mintsl)
Derived terms
[edit]- מינצאַרניע (mintsarnye)
- מינצהויז (mintshoyz)
- מינצעווען (mintseven)
Noun
[edit]מינץ • (mints) f, plural מינצן (mintsn)
- mint (building)
- Synonyms: מינצאַרניע (mintsarnye), מינצהויז (mintshoyz), מטבעות־גיסערײַ (matbeyes-giseray), מטבעות־שלעגערײַ (matbeyes-shlegeray), מטבעות־קריצערײַ (matbeyes-kritseray)
Usage notes
[edit]- This term, like דינג (ding), seems to be chiefly used in European Yiddish, and less in American Yiddish.
- The sense of "mint" as a building is not attested in the Yiddish-Belarusian Dictionary.
Related terms
[edit]- מינצן (mintsn)
References
[edit]- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “minc”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 541
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “מינץ” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German minze, from Old High German minza, from Proto-West Germanic *mintā, from Latin menta. Compare German Minze.
Noun
[edit]מינץ • (mints) f
Derived terms
[edit]- פֿעפֿערמינץ (fefermints)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms derived from Latin
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish neuter nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- yi:Coins
- yi:Buildings
- yi:Plants
- yi:Herbs
- yi:Mints