moin

See also: Moin, móin, môin, and möin

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• måln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔe̯n/
• Homophone: moihn

Verb

moin (past participle gmoit) (Central Bavarian)

1. (intransitive) to paint (do paintwork)
2. (transitive or intransitive) to paint (create a painting)
3. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of moin

infinitive	moin
past participle	gmoit
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	moi	—	målad
2nd person singular	moist	—	måladst
3rd person singular	moit	—	målad
1st person plural	moin	—	måladn
2nd person plural	moits	—	målats
3rd person plural	moin	—	måladn
	imperative
singular	moi
plural	moits

Derived terms

• åmoin
• aufmoin
• omoin

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

moin f (plural moins)

1. hand

Finnish

Noun

moin

1. instructive plural of moa

Anagrams

• -nomi, moni, moni-, omin

German

Alternative forms

• Moin
• Moin, Moin; moin, moin; moin moin (might be perceived as foreign or artificial in some regions, e.g. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Etymology

From, or from the same source as, German Low German moin, beyond which the etymology is not clear; see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːɪn/, /mɔːɪŋ/, /mɔɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɪn

Interjection

moin

1. (colloquial, originally Northern Germany, nautical) hi

Usage notes

Increasingly used outside of Northern Germany.

Further reading

• “moin [moin], Moin, [Moin]” in Duden online
• “moin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• moin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• moin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia