mijn

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛi̯n/ (stressed)
  • IPA(key): /mən/ (unstressed; may be spelt m'n)
  • audio(file)

Determiner

mijn (dependent possessive, independent possessive mijne, contracted form m'n)

  1. belonging to me: my
Inflection
Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner
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.


Derived terms

Etymology 2

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
  • IPA(key): /mɛi̯n/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mijn
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)

  1. mine (place where ore is taken out of the ground)
  2. mine (device meant to explode when stepped upon or touched)
  3. (historical) mine (tunnel used for sapping enemy defence works or lines)
  4. (entomology) shaft dug by an insect larva in plant organs, such as leaves
Derived terms
Descendants

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miːn/

Determiner

mijn

  1. my

Descendants

Further reading
  • “mijn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “mijn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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