mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English

Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mitt (plural mitts)

  1. A mitten
  2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  3. (informal, especially in the plural) A hand.
    Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Faroese

Adverb

mitt

  1. mid, in the middle
  2. just as

Icelandic

Determiner

mitt

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of minn (my/mine)

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Maltese numbers (edit)
100
10[a], [b]
    Cardinal: mija
    Attributive cardinal: mitt

Numeral

mitt m or f

  1. attributive form of mija (hundred)
Usage notes
  • The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

Etymology 2

Verb

mitt

  1. first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

Determiner

mitt n

  1. neuter singular of min

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪtː/
  • Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt

  1. neuter singular of min

References

Old Norse

Adjective

mitt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

mitt n

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪtː/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

mitt (not comparable)

  1. in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
    Vi befann oss mitt emellan två städer
    We were at around the middle point (literally) / right between two cities
    De befann sig mitt i kaoset
    They were in the middle of (literally) / right in the chaos
    Det var mitt i natten
    It was the middle of the night
    Jag blev slagen mitt i nyllet
    I was punched right in ("in the middle of") the face

Derived terms

Noun

mitt c

  1. a middle (central point or area)

Declension

Declension of mitt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mitt mitts
definite mitten mittens
plural indefinite
definite

Pronoun

mitt

  1. (possessive) my, mine (neuter gender, singular)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person nominative oblique possessive
common neuter plural
singular first jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

References