minen
German, verb
minen is spelled M-I-N-E-N (5 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minen is a German verb meaning “to mine, to grave, to dig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Minen is a different word: “plural of Mine”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Minen versehen”.
What does minen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mine, to grave, to dig
Die Larven haben große Platzminen an den Blättern gemint.
verb
- 1
to mine
Wallah, ich hab letztes Jahr 10 Ethereum gemint.
noun
- 1
plural of Mine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Minen versehen
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 minen
- mint present singular third-person
- minte past
- gemint participle past
- haben auxiliary
- minend participle present
- mine first-person indicative present
- minst indicative present second-person
- minest second-person singular subjunctive
- minet plural second-person subjunctive
- minten first-person indicative plural
- mintest indicative preterite second-person
- mintet indicative plural preterite
- min imperative second-person singular
- habe gemint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- min! imperative singular
- mine! imperative singular
- mint! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is minen in German?
minen appears 3.7 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).