mening
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch mening, from Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to meen (“to mean, to suppose”) + -ing (“-ion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mening (plural menings or meninge)
- An opinion.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From the verb mene.
Noun edit
mening c (singular definite meningen, plural indefinite meninger)
Declension edit
Declension of mening
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mening | meningen | meninger | meningerne |
| genitive | menings | meningens | meningers | meningernes |
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to menen (“to mean, to suppose”) + -ing (“-ion”).
Compare German Meinung, English meaning.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.nɪŋ/
- (Netherlands)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧ning
- Rhymes: -eːnɪŋ
Noun edit
mening f (plural meningen, diminutive meninkje n)
- An opinion.
- Zij heeft recht op een eigen mening.
- She has a right to her own opinion.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- meining (Nynorsk also)
Etymology edit
From the verb mene.
Noun edit
mening m or f (definite singular meninga or meningen, indefinite plural meninger, definite plural meningene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “mening” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
mening c
- 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?
- a sentence, a grammatical phrase
- en lång mening med många ord
- a long sentence with many words
- 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
- an opinion
- Synonym: uppfattning
- I min mening så har hon rätt
- In my opinion, she's right
- förutfattade meningar
- preconceived notions
Declension edit
| Declension of mening | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mening | meningen | meningar | meningarna |
| Genitive | menings | meningens | meningars | meningarnas |
Synonyms edit
- avsikt
- syfte
- vits
- poäng
- åsikt
- antagande
- föreställning
- tycke
- ändamål
- opinion
- inställning
- uppfattning
- tro
- tanke
- betydelse
- bemärkelse
- innebörd
- tendens
- anda
- idé
- sats
- yttrande
- fras
- passus
- period
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See also edit
Uzbek edit
Determiner edit
mening