meins

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯ns/, [maɪ̯nt͡s]

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• Homophone: Mainz (except in very careful speech)

Pronoun

meins

1. (in substantival use only, slightly informal, but fully standard) Alternative form of meines

   dein Haus und meins ― your house and mine

Gothic

Romanization

meins

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Genitive of mein n (“harm, obstacle”).

Noun

meins n

1. genitive of mein, only used in til meins

Adverb

meins

1. (dialectal, Nordmøre, Trøndelag dialect) unwelcome

References

• “meins”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016