meinen
See also: Meinen
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German meinen, from Old High German meinen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; lament”).
Germanic cognates include Bavarian manan, moana, West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), English mean, Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Related to moan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nən/, [ˈmaɪ̯nən], [ˈmaɪ̯nn̩]
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Verb
meinen (weak, third-person singular present meint, past tense meinte, past participle gemeint, auxiliary haben)
- to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
- to say; to utter; not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive
- Synonym: sagen
- Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade?
- Sorry, what did you just say?
- to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
- Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch.
- He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
- to mean; to have in mind; to convey
- Was meintest du damit?
- What did you mean by that?
- Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus?
- Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
- (now rare) to mean; to signify
Conjugation
infinitive | meinen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | meinend | ||||
past participle | gemeint | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich meine | wir meinen | i | ich meine | wir meinen |
du meinst | ihr meint | du meinest | ihr meinet | ||
er meint | sie meinen | er meine | sie meinen | ||
preterite | ich meinte | wir meinten | ii | ich meinte1 | wir meinten1 |
du meintest | ihr meintet | du meintest1 | ihr meintet1 | ||
er meinte | sie meinten | er meinte1 | sie meinten1 | ||
imperative | mein (du) meine (du) |
meint (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Meinung
- vermeinen
Etymology 2
Inflected form of mein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nən/, [ˈmaɪ̯nən], [ˈmaɪ̯nn̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/ (common, colloquial)
- Homophone: mein (nonstandard)
Determiner
meinen m sg or pl
- (possessive) inflection of mein:
- accusative masculine singular
- dative plural
Usage notes
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of meinen (weak class 1)
infinitive | meinen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | meinu | meinita |
2nd person singular | meinis, meinist | meinitōs, meintōst |
3rd person singular | meinit | meinita |
1st person plural | meinem, meinemēs | meinitum, meinitumēs |
2nd person plural | meinet | meinitut |
3rd person plural | meinent | meinitun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | meine | meiniti |
2nd person singular | meinēs, meinēst | meinitīs, meinitīst |
3rd person singular | meine | meiniti |
1st person plural | meinēm, meinēn, meinemēs | meinitīm, meinitīn, meinitīmēs |
2nd person plural | meinēt | meinitīt |
3rd person plural | meinēn | meinitīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | meini | |
plural | meinet | |
participle | present | past |
meinenti | gimeinit |
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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