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minnen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch minnen, from Old Dutch minnon, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną. Equivalent to min +‎ -en.

Verb

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minnen

  1. (transitive) to love
  2. (transitive) to neck, cuddle
  3. (transitive) to have an affinity for
Conjugation
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Conjugation of minnen (weak)
infinitive minnen
past singular minde
past participle gemind
infinitive minnen
gerund minnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular min minde
2nd person sing. (jij) mint, min2 minde
2nd person sing. (u) mint minde
2nd person sing. (gij) mint minde
3rd person singular mint minde
plural minnen minden
subjunctive sing.1 minne minde
subjunctive plur.1 minnen minden
imperative sing. min
imperative plur.1 mint
participles minnend gemind
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: min

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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minnen

  1. plural of min

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German minnen, from Old High German minneôn, minnôn, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnən/
  • Hyphenation: min‧nen
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Verb

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minnen (weak, third-person singular present minnt, past tense minnte, past participle geminnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (poetic) to love
    • 1868, Karl Simrock, Das Nibelungenlied[1], 19th edition, page 11:
      Nun war er in der Stärke,   daß er wohl Waffen trug:
      Wes er dazu bedurfte,   des gab man ihm genug.
      Schon sann er zu werben   um manches schöne Kind;
      Die hätten wohl mit Ehren   den schönen Siegfried geminnt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • minnen” in Duden online
  • minnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German minnōn, minneōn, from Proto-West Germanic *minnjōn. By surface analysis, minne +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈminnən/

Verb

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minnen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present minnet, past tense minnete, past participle geminnet, auxiliary hān)

  1. to love
  2. to make love to, to have sex with
    • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 8:
      Dône wolde si den herren  niht minnen ûf der vart.
      She did not want to sleep with the lord on the voyage.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “minnen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Saterland Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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minnen (feminine mienen, neuter mienen, plural mienen, attributive min)

  1. mine

See also

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Swedish

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Noun

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minnen

  1. indefinite plural of minne