mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English

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mitt

Wikipedia

Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

mitt (plural mitts)

A mitten
An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
(informal, especially in the plural) A hand.
Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Derived terms

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)

Faroese

Adverb

mitt

mid, in the middle
- mitt á vegnum
  midway
- mitt í býnum
  in the middle of the town
just as
- mitt meðni vit sótu og mjólkaðu
  just as we sat and milked

Icelandic

Pronoun

mitt

(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

attributive form of mija (“hundred”)

Usage notes

The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

Etymology 2

Verb

mitt

first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪtː/
Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt n

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

neuter singular of min

References

“mitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Adjective

mitt

strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

mitt n

neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪtː/
Audio: (file)

Adverb

mitt (not comparable)

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

a middle (central point or area)

Declension

Declension of mitt

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

Pronoun

mitt

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

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	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