Miete
See also: miete, mieté, and miętę
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German miete, from Old High German miata, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mēzdō, *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognates include Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”) and English meed (“recompense, payment, reward”).
Noun
Miete f (genitive Miete, plural Mieten)
- rent
Declension
Declension of Miete [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Miete | die | Mieten |
| genitive | einer | der | Miete | der | Mieten |
| dative | einer | der | Miete | den | Mieten |
| accusative | eine | die | Miete | die | Mieten |
Derived terms
- halbe Miete
- mietfrei
- Mietvertrag
Related terms
- vermieten (verb)
Etymology 2
Low German [Term?], Latin mēta (“cone”).
Noun
Miete f (genitive Miete, plural Mieten)
- clamp (heap of potatoes or other root vegetables stored under straw or earth)
Declension
Declension of Miete [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Miete | die | Mieten |
| genitive | einer | der | Miete | der | Mieten |
| dative | einer | der | Miete | den | Mieten |
| accusative | eine | die | Miete | die | Mieten |
Further reading
- “Miete (Entgelt)” in Duden online
- “Miete (Schober)” in Duden online
- “Miete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Miete”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːtə/
Noun
Miete f
- plural of Miet