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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mein

/mˈin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
mein
IPA
/mˈin/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* Borrowed from Dutch and German Mein, from the personal name Maino, Meino, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able, be strong”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective (ge)mein (“mean, nasty”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Main.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Meins (plural)

Homonyms

meine

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce mein?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈin/.
What does mein mean?
A surname.
Where does mein come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce mein

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