mit

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Mixtec, Spanish mixteco, or Classical Nahuatl mixtēcah.

Symbol

mit

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Puebla Mixtec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Puebla Mixtec terms

English

Noun

mit (plural mits)

1. Dated form of mitt
   • 1949, Hardware World: Plumbing & Heating, volume 46, page 84:

     Baseball mits should be attached to this background in their right positions. At home plate, or bottom, place a catcher's mit and below that cross two baseball bats.

Abinomn

Pronoun

mit

1. I

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, mit, from Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi. Cognate with German mit.

Preposition

mit

1. with [with dative]

Derived terms

• mit-

Chungli Ao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit˥/, [mit˥]

Noun

mit

1. wrath, anger

Further reading

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 55
• Clark, E. W. (1911), “MEIT”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/, [mid̥]

Pronoun

mit

1. (possessive) neuter singular of min

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: mi, mie, mies, mis, mît

Verb

mit

1. third-person singular past historic of mettre

German

Alternative forms

• m. (abbreviation)
• m/ (abbreviation; now very rare)

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, mit, from Old High German miti, mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi. Cognate with German Low German met, mihe- (separable part of verbs) (Paderbornisch) and Middle English mid (“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Preposition

mit [with dative]

1. with (in the company of, alongside)

   Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden.

   I'm playing with my friends.

2. with, by (using as an instrument, by means of)

   Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift.

   I'm writing with a pencil.

   Ich fahre mit dem Bus.

   I'm going by bus.

3. with (having a property, accessory or possession)

   Siehst du den Mann mit der Brille da drüben?

   Do you see the man with the glasses over there?

   Mit ausreichend Übung passiert dir das nicht mehr.

   With enough practice, that won't happen to you anymore.

   1. including, with ... included
   2. at (with the age of)

      Er hat mit fünf Jahren lesen gelernt.

      He learned how to read at five years old.

4. with, at (coinciding with a specific condition or event)

   Diese Tiere werden nur mit Einbruch der Dämmerung aktiv.

   These animals only become active at the break of dawn/start of dusk.

   1. with (accompanied by a certain behavior)

      Er stürzte sich mit einem wilden Schrei auf ihn.

      He flung himself at him with a savage yell.

   2. Used to describe the current activity or occupation with certain verbs.

      mit etwas anfangen ― to start doing something, to start with something (out of multiple options)

      mit etwas aufhören ― to stop doing something

      sich mit etwas beschäftigen ― to busy oneself doing something, to spend time doing something

5. (chiefly informal) regarding, having to do with

   Was ist mit mir? ― What about me?

   Das mit dem Beschwerdebrief sollten wir uns nochmal überlegen.

   The thing with the complaint letter, we should maybe think that over.

   Wie steht es mit den Finanzen?

   How are things regarding finances?

Usage notes

• In older usage, Latin-derived nouns occurred in the ablative case after mit, e.g. mit dem Corpore, mit dem Nomine.

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of mit

preposition	mit
+ wo-	womit
+ da-	damit
+ hier-	hiermit

Antonyms

• ohne

Derived terms

• mit- (see there for prefixed verbs)
• mitsamt

adverbs

• damit
• hiermit
• miteinander
• mithin
• mitnichten
• womit

prepositional phrases

• mit Abstand
• mit Ach und Krach
• mit allem Drum und Dran
• mit anderen Worten
• mit angehaltenem Atem
• mit bloßem Auge
• mit dem Kopf durch die Wand
• mit der Brechstange
• mit einem Mal
• mit freundlichen Grüßen
• mit gleicher Münze
• mit Hängen und Würgen
• mit Haut und Haar
• mit Kind und Kegel
• mit Kusshand
• mit leeren Händen
• mit Mann und Maus
• mit Sack und Pack
• mit Verlaub

verb phrases

• auch nur mit Wasser kochen
• das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten
• mit allen Wassern gewaschen
• mit dem Feuer spielen
• mit einem Fuß im Grab stehen
• mit etwas um die Ecke kommen
• mit jemandem ins Gericht gehen
• mit seinem Latein am Ende sein
• mit sich bringen
• Nägel mit Köpfen machen

noun phrases

• Arsch mit Ohren
• Buch mit sieben Siegeln
• Quatsch mit Soße
• Satz mit X
• Wink mit dem Zaunpfahl

contractions

• (nonstandard) mim
• (nonstandard) mittem

Descendants

• → Kashubian: mët (dated)

Adverb

mit

1. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group

   Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt.

   Here they have some of the best food in town.

   Ich war mit der erste, der hier war.

   I was one of the very first who arrived.

2. also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
3. (somewhat informal) with (something), with it

   Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Mayonnaise zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser.

   I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course.

Further reading

• “mit”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Anagrams

• Tim

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmit]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

mit

1. accusative singular of mi

   Mit gondolsz? ― What do you think?

2. (colloquial) why

   Mit szórakozol velem? ― Why (the hell) are you messing with me?

Derived terms

• nincs mit

See also

Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)

case	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)1	verbal prefix	category
nominative	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / ∅ az / ∅	–	–
accusative	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / ∅ azt / ∅	–	c1 c2
dative	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	category
instrumental	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		category
causal-final	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	category
translative	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	category
terminative	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	category
essive-formal	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	category
essive-modal	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	category
inessive	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	category
superessive	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	category
adessive	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	category
illative	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	category
sublative	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	category
allative	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	category
elative	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	category
delative	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	category
ablative	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	category

¹Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

Preposition

mit (+ dative)

1. with (in the company of; alongside)

   Komm mit meer.

   Come with me.

2. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)

   Ich schreive mit em Lappis.

   I'm writing with a pencil.

   Meer sin mim Onnibus komm.

   We came by bus.

   Ich mache’s mit zimlicher Sicherheet.

   I do it with considerable certainty.

Antonyms

• ohne

Derived terms

• (mit + dem) mim

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

Adjective

mit

1. small

Low German

Preposition

mit (German Low German)

1. alternative spelling of mid

Middle English

Preposition

mit

1. alternative form of mid

Adjective

mit

1. alternative form of mid

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse vit; the initial m comes from a rebracketing of m in the first person plural verb ending (e.g. hǫfum vit → reinterpreted as hǫfum mit). The Old Norse derives from a variant of Proto-Germanic *wet, *wit (“we”).

Pronoun

mit

1. alternative form of vit (“we (two)”)

   [...] mit wilium yder kunnich gera at mit warom a Berghi som ligger ij Folghkensborghe sokn a þorsdaghen ij paskæ viku [...]

   [...] we want to make it known to you that we were at Berg which lies in the parish of Folkenborg on Thursday during Holy Week [...]

Declension

Middle Norwegian personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	thu	—	han	hon	thet
accusative	mik	thik	sik	han	hana	thet
dative	mer	ther	ser	honom	henne	thy
genitive	min	thin	sin	hans	hennar	thes
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit, mit	thit	—
accusative	okker	ykker	sik
dative	okker	ykker	ser
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sin
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ver, mer	ther	—	their	thær	thau
accusative	oss	ydher	sik	tha	thær	thau
dative	oss	ydher	ser	theim	theim	theim
genitive	vaar	ydhar	sin	theira	theira	theira

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: me

References

• Diplomatarium Norvegicum
• “me”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

mit

1. eye

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mit (“to go out”).

Verb

mit (stem II mih)

1. (of flames or light) to go out, be extinguished

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “mit”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural miter, definite plural mitene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by midd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mit m (definite singular miten, indefinite plural mitar, definite plural mitane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of midd

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• mid, midi, bit (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midi, from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“with”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Preposition

mit

1. with

Related terms

• midi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: met
  • Dutch: met
  • Limburgish: mit

Further reading

• “mit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/
• Rhymes: -it

Preposition

mit

1. alternative form of mid

Old High German

Alternative forms

• miti

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Akin to Old English mid, Old Saxon mid, Old Norse með.

Preposition

mit

1. with

Descendants

• Middle High German: mite, mit
  • Bavarian: mit
  • Cimbrian: met
  • German: mit
  • Hunsrik: mit
  • Luxembourgish: mat
  • Vilamovian: myt
  • Yiddish: מיט (mit)

Old Saxon

Preposition

mit

1. alternative form of mid

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit. Compare German mit, Dutch met, Swedish med.

Adverb

mit

1. along

Preposition

mit

1. with

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmit/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: mit

Noun

mit m inan

1. myth (traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience)
2. (figuratively) myth (commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception)

Declension

Declension of mit

	singular	plural
nominative	mit	mity
genitive	mitu	mitów
dative	mitowi	mitom
accusative	mit	mity
instrumental	mitem	mitami
locative	micie	mitach
vocative	micie	mity

Derived terms

• mityczny

Further reading

• “mit”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mit”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos) or French mythe.

Noun

mit n (plural mituri)

1. myth (story)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mit	mitul	mituri	miturile
genitive-dative	mit	mitului	mituri	miturilor
vocative	mitule		miturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).

Noun

mȋt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ми̑т)

1. myth

Declension

Declension of mit

	singular	plural
nominative	mit	mitovi
genitive	mita	mitova
dative	mitu	mitovima
accusative	mit	mitove
vocative	mite	mitovi
locative	mitu	mitovima
instrumental	mitom	mitovima

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

mit

1. eye

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• mīt

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”). See also Old Chinese 蜜 (OC *mit, “honey”), which is possibly a borrowing from Tocharian.

Noun

mit

1. honey

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English meat.

Noun

mit

1. flesh, meat
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:

     Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”

     →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mythe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmit/
• Hyphenation: mit

Noun

mit (definite accusative miti, plural mitler)

1. myth

   Synonyms: efsane, (dated) mitos

Declension

Declension of mit

singular plural nominative mit mitler definite accusative miti mitleri dative mite mitlere locative mitte mitlerde ablative mitten mitlerden genitive mitin mitlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mitim mitlerim 2nd singular mitin mitlerin 3rd singular miti mitleri 1st plural mitimiz mitlerimiz 2nd plural mitiniz mitleriniz 3rd plural mitleri mitleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mitimi mitlerimi 2nd singular mitini mitlerini 3rd singular mitini mitlerini 1st plural mitimizi mitlerimizi 2nd plural mitinizi mitlerinizi 3rd plural mitlerini mitlerini dative singular plural 1st singular mitime mitlerime 2nd singular mitine mitlerine 3rd singular mitine mitlerine 1st plural mitimize mitlerimize 2nd plural mitinize mitlerinize 3rd plural mitlerine mitlerine locative singular plural 1st singular mitimde mitlerimde 2nd singular mitinde mitlerinde 3rd singular mitinde mitlerinde 1st plural mitimizde mitlerimizde 2nd plural mitinizde mitlerinizde 3rd plural mitlerinde mitlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular mitimden mitlerimden 2nd singular mitinden mitlerinden 3rd singular mitinden mitlerinden 1st plural mitimizden mitlerimizden 2nd plural mitinizden mitlerinizden 3rd plural mitlerinden mitlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular mitimin mitlerimin 2nd singular mitinin mitlerinin 3rd singular mitinin mitlerinin 1st plural mitimizin mitlerimizin 2nd plural mitinizin mitlerinizin 3rd plural mitlerinin mitlerinin

Further reading

• “mit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Volapük

Noun

mit (genitive mita, plural mits)

1. meat

Declension

Declension of mit

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mit	mits
Genitive	mita	mitas
Dative	mite	mites
Accusative	miti	mitis
Predicative1	mitu	mitus
Vocative	o mit	o mits

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

Terms derived from mit "meat"

• bubamit
• jipamit
• stägamit

See also

• möt ( = de: Mett)

Further reading

• “mit”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mìt]
• Hyphenation: mit

Noun

mìt

1. eye

Derived terms

• mitmul
• mìttàw

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 21
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41