meine

See also: méine

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nə/

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Pronoun

meine f sg or pl

1. inflection of meiner:
   1. feminine singular
   2. plural

Determiner

meine f sg or pl

1. inflection of mein:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Verb

meine

1. inflection of meinen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive present
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

meine

1. Alternative form of meyne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɛɪːnə/

Etymology 1

Verb

meine (present tense meiner, past tense meinte, past participle meint, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative mein)

1. e-infinitive form of meina

Etymology 2

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

meine f (definite singular meina, indefinite plural meiner, definite plural meinene)

1. (dialectal) opinion

   Synonym: meining

   det var meina mi

   that was my opinion

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

meine

1. definite singular of mein
2. plural of mein

References

• “meine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “meina”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “meine”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016