Minne
German, noun/ˈmɪnə/
Minne is spelled M-I-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minne is a German feminine noun meaning “courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Gedenken (zu: meinen, im Mittelalter in der Bedeutung lieben, vergleiche „es mit jemandem gut meinen“)”.
What does Minne mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineromantic love
- 2
femininecourtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Gedenken (zu: meinen, im Mittelalter in der Bedeutung lieben, vergleiche „es mit jemandem gut meinen“) 2. zunächst die helfende Liebe, dann die innige Liebe und Verehrung einer anderen Person, die Liebe zum anderen Geschlecht, später die körperliche Liebe; in der Mystik die Liebe zu Gott
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Minne?
- /ˈmɪnə/
- [ˈmɪnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Minne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Minne in German?
Minne appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).