minä

/'mi.næ/

//'mi.næ// pron

The verdict

“minä” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:

Corpus desk

Index PT-mina · minä · Portuguese

minä · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • 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.

Key facts for minä
PropertyValue
Headwordminä
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/'mi.næ/
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “minä” em português

minänão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

minä is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed /'mi.næ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for minä in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is minä, spelled M-I-N-Ä.

Definition

  1. 1
    eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:
  2. 2
    caso essivo de mikä:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how minä appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Minä pidän appelsiineista.
  2. Minä sinä minua oikein pidät?

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minä"?
"minä" is spelled M-I-N-Ä. The IPA pronunciation is /'mi.næ/.
What does "minä" mean?
As a pronoun, "minä" means: eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:
How do you pronounce "minä"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minä" is /'mi.næ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minä" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list