mijn
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch mijn, from Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mɛi̯n/ (stressed)
- IPA(key): /mən/ (unstressed; may be spelt m'n)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mijn
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n, -ən
Determiner
[edit]mijn (dependent possessive, independent possessive mijne, contracted form m'n)
Declension
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Some senses are borrowed from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)
- mine (place where ore is taken out of the ground)
- Deze mijn is mijn mijn, ga ergens anders delven.
- This mine is my mine, go excavate somewhere else.
- mine (device meant to explode when stepped upon or touched)
- Deze mijn is mijn mijn, ga je ergens anders opblazen.
- This mine is my mine, go blow yourself up somewhere else.
- (historical) mine (tunnel used for sapping enemy defence works or lines)
- (entomology) shaft dug by an insect larva in plant organs, such as leaves
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[edit]- Afrikaans: myn
Etymology 3
[edit]Deverbal from mijnen (“to buy at a Dutch auction; to shout "mine"”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mijn f (plural mijnen)
- (historical, Southern) a Dutch auction (reverse auction with gradual reduction of the price until a buyer is found)
- Synonym: afslag
Derived terms
[edit]Middle Dutch
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[edit]Determiner
[edit]mijn
Inflection
[edit]Determiner | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | mijn | mine | mijn | mine | |
Accusative | minen | mine | mijn | mine | |
Genitive | mijns | miere | mijns | miere | |
Dative | minen | miere | minen | minen |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mijn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mijn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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