mit

See also: MIT, MİT, mít, mît, mīt, and mit-

Abinomn

Pronoun

mit

  1. I

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mit/, [mid̥]

Pronoun

mit

  1. (possessive) neuter singular of min

See also


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: mi, mie, mies, mis, mît

Verb

mit

  1. third-person singular past historic of mettre

German

Etymology

From Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi. Cognate with German Low German met, mihe- (separable part of verbs) (Paderbornisch) and the obsolete sense of English mid (with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Preposition

mit (takes dative)

  1. with (in the company of; alongside)
    Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden.
    I'm playing with my friends.
  2. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)
    Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift.
    I'm writing with a pencil.
    Ich fahre mit dem Bus.
    I'm going by bus.
  3. with (as an accessory to)
  4. with (having)
  5. at (with the age of)
  6. with, including, with ... included

Usage notes

  • In older usage, Latin-derived nouns occurred in the ablative case after mit, e.g. mit dem Corpore, mit dem Nomine.

Synonyms

  • m. (abbreviation)
  • m/ (abbreviation; now very rare)

Antonyms

Adverb

mit

  1. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group
    Schwarze Sklaven haben die Vereinigten Staaten mit aufgebaut.
    Black slaves helped to build up the United States.
    Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt.
    Here they have some of the best food in town.
    Ich war mit der erste, der hier war.
    I was one of the very first who arrived.
  2. also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
  3. (somewhat informal) with (something), with it
    Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser.
    I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course.

Derived terms

  • mittem (colloquial contraction with definite article dem)
  • mim (colloquial contraction with definite article dem; not used in standard German)

Anagrams


German Low German

Preposition

mit

  1. Alternative spelling of mid

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (what?) + -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmit]
  • (file)

Pronoun

mit

  1. accusative singular of mi
    Mit gondolsz?What do you think?
  2. (colloquial) why
    Mit szórakozol velem?Why (the hell) are you messing with me?

Middle English

Preposition

mit

  1. Alternative spelling of mid

Adjective

mit

  1. Alternative spelling of mid

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mit

  1. with

Descendants

Further reading

  • mit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi. Akin to Old English mid, Old Saxon mid, Old Norse með.

Preposition

mit

  1. with

Descendants


Old Saxon

Preposition

mit

  1. Alternative form of mid

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mit, Dutch met, Swedish med.

Adverb

mit

  1. along

Preposition

mit

  1. with

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, myth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲit/
  • (file)

Noun

mit m inan

  1. myth

Declension

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, myth).

Noun

mȋt m (Cyrillic spelling ми̑т)

  1. myth

Declension


Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (mead). See also Old Chinese (OC *mit, honey), which is possibly a borrowing from Tocharian.

Noun

mit

  1. honey

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English meat.

Noun

mit

  1. flesh, meat
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Volapük

Noun

mit (plural mits)

  1. meat

Declension

Derived terms

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