Arabic - German Dictionary
/min/
من is a highly versatile Arabic preposition and pronoun. As a preposition, it most commonly translates to von or aus (from, of); as a pronoun, it covers interrogative and indefinite uses like wer, wen, wem, and man in German.
| # | Type | Arabic | German |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preposition | من part or member of | von |
| 2 | pronoun | من who? (interrogative pronoun) | wer |
| 3 | preposition | من with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | von |
| 4 | preposition | من with the source or provenance of or at | von |
| 5 | preposition | من with the source or provenance of or at | aus |
| 6 | preposition | من Introduces a comparison | als |
| 7 | pronoun | من what person; object of a verb (accusative) | wen |
| 8 | noun | من food | Manna |
| 9 | noun | من insect | Blattlaus |
| 10 | pronoun | من indefinite personal pronoun: an unspecified individual or group of individuals | man |
| 11 | preposition | من containing, comprising or made from | aus |
| 12 | preposition | من with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of | vor |
| 13 | pronoun | من what person or people, object of a preposition (dative) | wem |
| 14 | pronoun | من any person or persons that | wer immer |
| 15 | pronoun | من any person or persons that | wer auch immer |
| 16 | preposition | من belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things) | unter |
هذا الكتاب من مصر.
Dieses Buch ist aus Ägypten.
من يريد القهوة؟
Wer möchte Kaffee?
يصنعون الخبز من الدقيق.
Sie machen Brot aus Mehl.
من is one of the most frequent words in Arabic. When used as a preposition before a noun, it typically requires the noun to be in the genitive case (إضافة). As a pronoun, من shifts form based on case: wer (nominative), wen (accusative), wem (dative). Learners often overlook that من can express both origin and material composition.
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