Danish

Proper noun

Minna

1. A female given name.

Estonian

Etymology

From German Minna.

Proper noun

Minna

1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Minna f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Minna: Minnuson
• daughter of Minna: Minnudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Minna in the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈminːɑ]
• Hyphenation: Min‧na

Proper noun

Minna

1. A female given name.
   • 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 1965), page 104:

     Ajatuksissaan kirkkoherra nimitti Helsingistä mukana tuotua taloudenhoitajaa Minnaksi, vaikka Ellen meni siinäkin naurettavuuteen asti, että nimityksen pitäisi kuulua Miina.

   • 1970 Veronica Pimenoff, Pohjoiset pelit, Tammi, ISBN 9513006832, page 103:

     Senkin nimi oli Minna. Minna oli kuullut sen äidin huutavan sitä. Pari vuotta sitten Minna-nimi olikin ollut muodissa, tuon ikäisiä Minnoja vilisi joka paikassa. Toista oli hänen aikanaan, kun koulussa muut haukkuivat Minna Canthiksi ja huusivat perään että "Miina, Miina, kahvi kiehuu, Miina menee ja hakee sen keittiöstä nyt!"

Declension

Usage notes

Very popular in Finland the 1960s and 1970s.

Anagrams

• manin, namin

German

Etymology

A pet form of Wilhelmina made well known by the comedy Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by G. E. Lessing.

Proper noun

Minna

1. A female given name.

Estonian

Verb

minna

1. Da-infinitive of minema.

Faroese

Verb

minna ‎(third person singular past indicative minti, third person plural past indicative mint, supine mint)

1. to remind

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Noun

minna n

1. indefinite genitive plural of minni

Pronoun

minna

1. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive masculine form of minn.
2. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive feminine form of minn.
3. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive neuter form of minn.

Verb

minna ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative minnti, supine minnt)

1. (impersonal, with accusative) to seem to remember, to think something is, to believe

   Mig minnir að svo sé.

   I seem to remember so.

   Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.

   I believe she knows programming.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to remind ^syn.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• minna einhvern á eitthvað (to remind somebody of something)
• minnast einhvers (to recollect something, to remember something)
• minnast á eitthvað (to mention something)

Synonyms

• (remind): ^def. rifja upp

Usage notes

• Even though the subject is usually in the accusative case (þolfallsfrumlag) it is occasionally used in the dative case (þágufallsfrumlag):

  Mér minnir.

  instead of

  Mig minnir.

Anagrams

• manni

Japanese

Romanization

minna

1. rōmaji reading of みんな

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (noun) minnene
• (verb) minnet
• (verb) minte (simple past)
• (verb) mint (past participle)

Noun

minna n

1. definite plural of minne

Verb

minna

1. simple past of minne
2. past participle of minne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

minna n

1. definite plural of minne

Sicilian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnna/
• Hyphenation: min‧na

Noun

minna f (plural minni)

1. (anatomy, informal) tit, breast