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.
Pronunciation
[edit]
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]Further reading
[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/
Audio (Netherlands): (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]Further reading
[edit]- “mening” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
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]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mening | menings |
| definite | meningen | meningens | |
| plural | indefinite | meningar | meningars |
| definite | meningarna | 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
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Uzbek
[edit]Determiner
[edit]mening
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