mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English

Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

mitt (plural mitts)

An oven mitt.

1. A mitten
2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
3. (informal, especially in the plural) A hand.

   Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Derived terms

• baseball mitt
• big mitt man
• catcher's mitt
• garbage mitt
• oven mitt
• washing mitt

 

Translations

mitten — see mitten

oversized, protective glove

• Dutch: want (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kinnas (fi), patakinnas; räpylä (fi) (baseball and similar)

hand

• Finnish: räpylä (fi), käpälä (fi)

See also

• glove

Faroese

Adverb

mitt

1. mid, in the middle
   • mitt á vegnum

     midway

   • mitt í býnum

     in the middle of the town

2. just as
   • mitt meðni vit sótu og mjólkaðu

     just as we sat and milked

Icelandic

Pronoun

mitt

1. (possessive) singular nominative/accusative neuter of minn
   • Þetta er barnið mitt.

     That's my child.

   • Ég elska barnið mitt.

     I love my child.

Declension

possessive pronouns
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	minn	mín	mitt		mínir	mínar	mín
accusative	minn	mína	mitt		mína	mínar	mín
dative	mínum	minni	mínu		mínum	mínum	mínum
genitive	míns	minnar	míns		minna	minna	minna

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Maltese numbers ^(edit)

	100
	10[a], [b]
Cardinal: mija     Attributive cardinal: mitt

Numeral

mitt m or f

1. attributive form of mija (“hundred”)

Usage notes

• The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

Etymology 2

Verb

mitt

1. first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪtː/
• Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt n

1. neuter singular of min

References

• “mitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪtː/
• Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt

1. neuter singular of min

References

• “mitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Adjective

mitt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

mitt n

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪtː/

• Audio:

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Adverb

mitt (not comparable)

1. in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right

   Vi befann oss mitt emellan två städer

   We were at around the middle point (literally) / right between two cities

   De befann sig mitt i kaoset

   They were in the middle of (literally) / right in the chaos

   Det var mitt i natten

   It was the middle of the night

   Jag blev slagen mitt i nyllet

   I was punched right in ("in the middle of") the face

Derived terms

• mitt i smeten (“in the thick of things”)

Noun

mitt c

1. a middle (central point or area)

Declension

Declension of mitt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mitt	mitts
	definite	mitten	mittens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Pronoun

mitt

1. (possessive) my, mine (neuter gender, singular)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

References

• mitt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mitt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mitt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)