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)
Inflection
[edit]subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
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singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
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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 *mēnis (“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]Descendants
[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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[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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