mein
German, determiner/maɪ̯n/
mein is spelled M-E-I-N (4 letters) and appears 832 times per million words in written German, the 120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mein is a German determiner meaning “my” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mein mean in English?
determiner
- 1
my
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. zeigt den Besitz, das Eigentum oder die Zugehörigkeit einer Person bzw. Sache zu sich selbst an
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mein
- meine feminine nominative singular
- meines genitive masculine singular
- meiner feminine genitive singular
- meinem dative masculine singular
- meinen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mein?
- /maɪ̯n/
- [maɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mein in German?
mein appears 832 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).