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mening

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch mening, from Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to meen (“to mean, to suppose”) +‎ -ing (“-ion”).

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Noun

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mening (plural menings or meninge)

  1. An opinion.

Danish

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Etymology

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From the verb mene.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mening c (singular definite meningen, plural indefinite meninger)

  1. an opinion (subjective thought)
  2. meaning (sense, significance)
  3. intention

Declension

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Declension of mening
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mening meningen meninger meningerne
genitive menings meningens meningers meningernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to menen (“to mean, to suppose”) +‎ -ing (“-ion”).

Compare German Meinung, English meaning.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.nɪŋ/
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ning
  • Rhymes: -eːnɪŋ

Noun

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mening f (plural meningen, diminutive meninkje n)

  1. An opinion.
    Zij heeft recht op een eigen mening.
    She has a right to her own opinion.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: mening
  • Negerhollands: meening

Further reading

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  • “mening” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the verb mene.

Noun

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mening m or f (definite singular meninga or meningen, indefinite plural meninger, definite plural meningene)

  1. an opinion (subjective thought)
  2. meaning (sense, significance)
  3. intention

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Swedish

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Etymology

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mena +‎ -ing

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Noun

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mening c

  1. a purpose, a point
    Vad är meningen med att göra så där?
    What's the point of doing it like that?
    Meningen är att det gör saker bättre
    The point is that it makes things better
    Vad är meningen med livet?
    What's the purpose of life?
  2. a sentence, a grammatical phrase
    en lång mening med många ord
    a long sentence with many words
  3. an (intended) meaning
    Synonyms: betydelse, innebörd, bemärkelse
    "konst" i ordets egentliga mening
    "art" in the true sense of the word
    Det här är inte en bulle i strikt mening
    This is not a bun in the strict sense
    Jag förstår inte meningen i orden
    I don't understand what the words mean
  4. an opinion
    Synonym: uppfattning
    I min mening så har hon rätt
    In my opinion, she's right
    förutfattade meningar
    preconceived notions

Declension

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Declension of mening 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mening meningen meningar meningarna
Genitive menings meningens meningars meningarnas

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Uzbek

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Determiner

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mening

  1. my
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