mäin

See also: main, Main, and -main

Finnish

Noun

mäin

  1. instructive plural of mäki

Anagrams

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

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