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Translingual
Symbol
mit
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Puebla Mixtec terms
English
Noun
mit (plural mits)
- Dated form of mitt
- 1949, Hardware World: Plumbing & Heating (volume 46, page 84)
- Baseball mits should be attached to this background in their right positions. At home plate, or bottom, place a catcher's mit and below that cross two baseball bats.
- 1949, Hardware World: Plumbing & Heating (volume 46, page 84)
Abinomn
Pronoun
mit
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mit/, [mid̥]
Pronoun
mit
- (possessive) neuter singular of min
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
formal (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common (noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | |||||
indefinite | man | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
French
Pronunciation
Verb
mit
- third-person singular past historic of mettre
German
Etymology
From Middle High German mite, mit, from Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi. Cognate with German Low German met, mihe- (separable part of verbs) (Paderbornisch) and Middle English mid (“with”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪt/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Preposition
mit [with dative]
- with (in the company of, alongside)
- Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden.
- I'm playing with my friends.
- 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.
- with (as an accessory to)
- with (having)
- at (with the age of)
- 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.
Inflection
Synonyms
Antonyms
Descendants
- → Kashubian: mët (dated)
Adverb
mit
- among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group
- 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.
- also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
- (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)
Further reading
- “mit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Anagrams
German Low German
Preposition
mit
- alternative spelling of mid
Hungarian
Etymology
mi (“what”) + -t (accusative suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmit]
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
mit
- accusative singular of mi
- Mit gondolsz? ― What do you think?
- (colloquial) why
- Mit szórakozol velem? ― Why (the hell) are you messing with me?
Derived terms
See also
case | suffix | who? | what? | this | that | he/she (it)1 | verbal prefix |
category |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | – | ki | mi | ez | az | ő* / -∅ az / -∅ |
– | – |
accusative | -t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt |
kit | mit | ezt | azt | őt* / -∅ azt / -∅ |
– | c1 c2 |
dative | -nak / -nek | kinek | minek | ennek | annak | neki | neki- | category |
instrumental | -val / -vel | kivel | mivel | ezzel/ evvel |
azzal/ avval |
vele | category | |
causal-final | -ért | kiért | miért | ezért | azért | érte | – | category |
translative | -vá / -vé | kivé | mivé | ezzé | azzá | – | – | category |
terminative | -ig | – | meddig | eddig | addig | – | – | category |
essive-formal | -ként | (kiként) | (miként) | ekként | akként | – | – | category |
essive-modal | -ul / -ül | – | – | – | – | – | – | category |
inessive | -ban / -ben | kiben | miben | ebben | abban | benne | – | category |
superessive | -n/-on/-en/-ön | kin | min | ezen | azon | rajta | (rajta-) | category |
adessive | -nál / -nél | kinél | minél | ennél | annál | nála | – | category |
illative | -ba / -be | kibe | mibe | ebbe | abba | bele | bele- | category |
sublative | -ra / -re | kire | mire | erre | arra | rá | rá- | category |
allative | -hoz/-hez/-höz | kihez | mihez | ehhez | ahhoz | hozzá | hozzá- | category |
elative | -ból / -ből | kiből | miből | ebből | abból | belőle | – | category |
delative | -ról / -ről | kiről | miről | erről | arról | róla | – | category |
ablative | -tól / -től | kitől | mitől | ettől | attól | tőle | – | category |
1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mit/
Preposition
mit (+ dative)
- with (in the company of; alongside)
- Komm mit meer.
- Come with me.
- with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)
- Ich schreive mit em Lappis.
- I'm writing with a pencil.
- Meer sin mim Onnibus komm.
- We came by bus.
- Ich mache’s mit zimlicher Sicherheet.
- I do it with considerable certainty.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- (mit + dem) mim
Further reading
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mit/
Adjective
mit
Middle English
Preposition
mit
- alternative form of mid
Adjective
mit
- alternative form of mid
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural miter, definite plural mitene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by midd
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural mitar, definite plural mitane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of midd
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midi, from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“with”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat, “together, at the same time”).
Preposition
mit
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “mit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Preposition
mit
- alternative form of mid
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Akin to Old English mid, Old Saxon mid, Old Norse með.
Preposition
mit
Descendants
Old Saxon
Preposition
mit
- alternative form of mid
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit. Compare German mit, Dutch met, Swedish med.
Adverb
mit
Preposition
mit
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmit/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: mit
Noun
mit m inan
- myth (traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience)
- (figuratively) myth (commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- mit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos) or French mythe.
Noun
mit n (plural mituri)
- myth (story)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | mit | mitul | mituri | miturile | |
genitive-dative | mit | mitului | mituri | miturilor | |
vocative | mitule | miturilor |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).
Noun
mȋt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ми̑т)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mit | mitovi |
genitive | mita | mitova |
dative | mitu | mitovima |
accusative | mit | mitove |
vocative | mite | mitovi |
locative | mitu | mitovima |
instrumental | mitom | mitovima |
Tedim Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.
Noun
mit
References
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”). See also Old Chinese 蜜 (OC *mit, “honey”), which is possibly a borrowing from Tocharian.
Noun
mit
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
mit
- flesh, meat
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:
- Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French mythe.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmit/
- Hyphenation: mit
Noun
mit (definite accusative miti, plural mitler)
Declension
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References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “mit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Volapük
Noun
mit (nominative plural mits)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mit | mits |
genitive | mita | mitas |
dative | mite | mites |
accusative | miti | mitis |
vocative 1 | o mit! | o mits! |
predicative 2 | mitu | mitus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
See also
Zou
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mît/
- Hyphenation: mit
Noun
mìt
Derived terms
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41