minnen

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnən

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

minnen

1. (transitive) to love
2. (transitive) to neck, cuddle
3. (transitive) to have an affinity for

• beminnen
• minnaar
  • minnares
• minnelijk
• minnemoeder

• Afrikaans: min

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

minnen

1. plural of min

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

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

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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, 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.

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

Inherited from Old High German minneôn, minnôn, from Proto-Germanic *minjōną.

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

1. to love; 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.

• German: minnen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnən/

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

1. mine

minnen

1. indefinite plural of minne