Minne
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See also: minne
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed in the Romantic era from Middle High German minne, from Old High German minna (“loving remembrance”);[1] from Proto-Germanic *minjō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Minne f (genitive Minne, no plural)
- (archaic, poetic or humorous) romantic love
- Synonym: Liebe
- (historical, Middle Ages) courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous
Declension
[edit]Declension of Minne [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Minne” in Duden online
- “Minne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Minne” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Minne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Walloon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minne
- a female given name
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