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What is a Mein Name?
German and Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Maino, Meino, a short form of the various compound names with a first element magin ‘strength’, ‘might’, for example Meinhardt. German: from a byname from Middle High German mein ‘mean’, ‘nasty’. Scottish: variant of Main.
Is Meine plural?
‘Mein’ for singular masculine/neutral noun. ‘Meine’ for a singular feminine noun. ‘Meine’ for a plural masculine/neutral noun.
What is Meinen in German?
(For more details, click/tap on the translation) mean mean, intend think, believe, be of the opinion say suggest say like, wish, want mean, speak of. mean. meinen sagen wollen.
How do you conjugate meine in German?
Declension article mein
- Masculine: mein, meines, meinem, meinen.
- Neutral: mein, meines, meinem, mein.
- Feminine: meine, meiner, meiner, meine.
- Plural: meine, meiner, meinen, meine.
What is the difference between Meine and Meinen?
Mein stands for my and remains as such for the masculine gender while it becomes meine for the feminine gender. This is true for the nominative form of the pronoun. As far as accusative form is concerned, the words are meinen for the masculine gender and meine for the feminine gender.
How do you use Meinen?
“Meinen” is the infinitive of “to think” (in the sense of: be of the opinion, opine) or “to mean” and a possessive pronoun in accusative as well. I’ll give you 2 short and easy examples: 1. to think/opine: Ich meine (or: ich bin der Meinung), dass du schon sehr gut Deutsch sprechen kannst.
What is the difference between Mein and Meine?
Both mein and meine are used in German, to indicate possession or ownership, and they are possessive pronouns. The only difference between mein and meine lies in their gender where mein is used for the masculine gender while meine is used for feminine gender.
Is Mein nominative?
When used as a possessive pronoun, the nominative masculine takes the form meiner, which equals English “mine”, and the nominative/accusative neuter takes the form meines or meins.
How do I say my name is in Arabic?
ما اسمك؟ ma asmak? what is your name?
What is the difference between ‘Mein’ and ‘Meine’?
In your example, you have ‘Hemden’, which is plural and neutral in gender (‘Das Hemd’). This changes ‘Mein’ to ‘Meine’. The list for gender and numerus is: ‘Mein’ for singular masculin/neutral noun. ‘Meine’ for a singular feminine noun. ‘Meine’ for a plural masculin/neutral noun. ‘Meine’ for a plural feminin noun.
What is the difference between “Ich sage dir meinen Namen” and “Meine Name”?
“ Mein Name ist X” is correct, but “Ich sage dir meinen Namen ” (I tell you my name) is also correct, because in this case meinen Namen is not the subject but the object of the sentence. “Meine Name” is definitley wrong, because meine is feminine, but Name is masculine (der Name).
How do you change a pronoun to Meine in German?
In German, possessive pronouns adjust themselves according to the noun they are referring to. In your example, you have ‘Hemden’, which is plural and neutral in gender (‘Das Hemd’). This changes ‘Mein’ to ‘Meine’. The list for gender and numerus is: ‘Mein’ for singular masculin/neutral noun.
When to use “Mein” and “die” in German?
For Nouns with the article “ das ” and “ der” + Nominativ Case, we will be using “ Mein ”. Additionally, Nouns with “ das ” use “ mein ” in Akkusativ Case. Er zeigt mir das Buch -> Er zeigt mir mein Buch. Whereas for the Nouns with the article “ die ” + Nominativ and Akkusativ Case will be using “ Meine ” .