mijn
[mɛi̯n]
The verdict
“mijn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem unterirdisch Erze, Metalle oder Mineralien ausgegraben werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-mijn · mijn · German
mijn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mijn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛi̯n] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mijn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mijn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛi̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mijn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mijn, spelled M-I-J-N.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem unterirdisch Erze, Metalle oder Mineralien ausgegraben werden
- 2mit Sprengstoff gefülltes Gerät, das bei Berührung explodiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mijn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Een zilvermijn is een mijn waaruit zilver wordt gedolven.
Mijnen zijn goedkoop en effectief op het slagveld.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.