meden

See also: Meden and meɗen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.də(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧den
  • Rhymes: -eːdən
  • Homophone: Meeden

Verb

meden

  1. inflection of mijden:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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Finnish

Noun

meden

  1. genitive singular of mesi

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *mēdian (to reward, bribe), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdōn (to reward).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːdən/

Verb

meden (third-person singular simple present medeth, present participle medende, medynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle meded)

  1. to reward, gift
  2. to bribe (reward monetarily)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: meed
References

Etymology 2

From mede (reward) + -en (plural ending).

Noun

meden

  1. (Early Middle English) plural of mede (reward)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêden/
  • Hyphenation: me‧den

Adjective

mȅden (definite mȅdenī, comparative medeniji, Cyrillic spelling ме̏ден)

  1. made with honey
  2. honeyed (sweet as if honey)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology 1

From mẹ̑d + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛdéːn/

Adjective

medẹ̑n (comparative bȍlj medẹ̑n, superlative nȁjbolj medẹ̑n)

  1. made with honey, honeyed

Etymology 2

From mẹ̑d + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛdéːn/

Adjective

medẹ̑n (not comparable)

  1. made of brass
Derived terms

Participle

mẹ̑den or medȅn

  1. past passive participle of mesti

Further reading

  • meden”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

meden

  1. definite singular of med
  2. definite singular of mede

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