mening
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch mening, from Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to meen (“to mean, to suppose”) + -ing (“-ion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪə̯.nəŋ/
Danish
Etymology
From the verb mene.
Declension
Derived terms
- meningsfuld
- meningsfyldt
- meningsløs
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to menen (“to mean, to suppose”) + -ing (“-ion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.nɪŋ/
- (Netherlands)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧ning
- Rhymes: -eːnɪŋ
Noun
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
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: mening
- Negerhollands: meening
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- meining (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
From the verb mene.
Noun
mening m or f (definite singular meninga or meningen, indefinite plural meninger, definite plural meningene)
Derived terms
References
- “mening” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
| 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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