meinen
German
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German meinen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; lament”).
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nən/, [ˈmaɪ̯nən], [ˈmaɪ̯nn̩]
Verb
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of mein.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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|lang=parameter) Homophone: mein (nonstandard)
Pronoun
meinen
- (possessive) (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) accusative singular masculine of mein - (possessive) (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) dative plural of mein
Usage notes
- In colloquial spoken German, the masculine nominative forms mein, dein, kein, etc may not be distinguished from the accusative forms meinen, deinen, keinen etc in adjectival use. The distinction is maintained in substantival use, i.e. without a following noun.
Further reading
- “meinen” in Duden online