münt

See also: munt

Estonian

münt (1)

münt (2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmynt/, [ˈmyntˑ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German minte, from Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

Noun

münt (genitive mündi, partitive münti)

1. mint (plant in the genus Mentha)

Declension

Declension of münt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		münt	mündid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mündi
genitive			müntide
partitive		münti	münte müntisid
illative		münti mündisse	müntidesse mündesse
inessive		mündis	müntides mündes
elative		mündist	müntidest mündest
allative		mündile	müntidele mündele
adessive		mündil	müntidel mündel
ablative		mündilt	müntidelt mündelt
translative		mündiks	müntideks mündeks
terminative		mündini	müntideni
essive		mündina	müntidena
abessive		mündita	müntideta
comitative		mündiga	müntidega

Derived terms

• piparmünt

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German munte, from Latin monēta.

Noun

münt (genitive mündi, partitive münti)

1. coin

   Synonym: metallraha

Declension

Declension of münt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		münt	mündid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mündi
genitive			müntide
partitive		münti	münte müntisid
illative		münti mündisse	müntidesse mündesse
inessive		mündis	müntides mündes
elative		mündist	müntidest mündest
allative		mündile	müntidele mündele
adessive		mündil	müntidel mündel
ablative		mündilt	müntidelt mündelt
translative		mündiks	müntideks mündeks
terminative		mündini	müntideni
essive		mündina	müntidena
abessive		mündita	müntideta
comitative		mündiga	müntidega

Further reading

• “münt”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “münt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “münt”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• münt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)