mäin

mäin

See also: main, Main, and -main

Finnish

Noun

mäin

1. instructive plural of mäki

Anagrams

• minä

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn.

Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, West Frisian myn, English my, mine, Icelandic minn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæːɪ̯n/
• Rhymes: -æːɪn

Determiner

mäin

1. my, mine

   Dat ass mäin Hond — That is my dog

   Hien ass mäi Brudder — He is my brother

Usage notes

• As a result of the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

See also

Luxembourgish possessive pronouns

	nominative / accusative				dative
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
1st person singular	mäin	meng	mäin	meng	mengem	menger	mengem	mengen
2nd person singular (informal)	däin	deng	däin	deng	dengem	denger	dengem	dengen
2nd person singular (formal)	Ären	Är	Äert	Är	Ärem	Ärer	Ärem	Ären
3rd person singular (m/n)	säin	seng	säin	seng	sengem	senger	sengem	sengen
3rd person singular (f)	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren
1st person plural	eisen	eis	eist	eis	eisem	eiser	eisem	eisen
2nd person plural	ären	är	äert	är	ärem	ärer	ärem	ären
3rd person plural	hiren	hir	hiert	hir	hirem	hirer	hirem	hiren

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• main
• mein

Etymology

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb

mäin (preterite mäint)

1. (intransitive) to intend; hold; suggest

   Ji main óm gjer’n snipp-räis dill stadom

   I mean to make a quick trip to the city.