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German determiner · CEFR A1

mein

Meaning in English: my

Rank 526 of 5,000determinerLevel A16 forms in the list
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Example

Mein Handy ist schon wieder leer.

My phone's battery is dead again.

Forms of mein in the top 5,000

These forms of mein are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

meine#417
myA1

Meine Schwester wohnt in Köln.
My sister lives in Cologne.

meiner#868
my (dat./gen. feminine); mineA1

Ich übernachte heute bei meiner Tante.
I'm staying at my aunt's tonight.

meinen#1,129
my (acc. masc., dat. pl.)A1

Hast du meinen Schlüssel gesehen?
Have you seen my key?

meinem#1,403
my (dative masc./neut.)A1

Heute esse ich bei meinem Bruder.
Today I'm eating at my brother's.

meines#4,005
of my (genitive)B1

Das ist das Auto meines Bruders.
That's my brother's car.

How common is mein?

mein is number 526 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 172 times per million words — about once every 5,800 words. Its most frequent form is meine (#417).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 522sorgentake care of, ensure; worry
  2. 523hättewould have, had (subjunctive)
  3. 524neuesnew (neuter)
  4. 525bedeutetmeans
  5. 526meinmy
  6. 527andersdifferent(ly), otherwise
  7. 528richtigright, correct; really
  8. 529nachdemafter (conjunction)
  9. 530leichteasy, light

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