menig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish men, from Middle Low German mene.

Adjective

menig (neuter menigt, plural and definite singular attributive menige)

  1. common
    Synonym: almindelig
  2. rank-and-file

Declension

Inflection of menig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular menig 2
indefinite neuter singular menigt 2
plural menige 2
definite attributive1 menige

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch menich, from Old Dutch *manag, *menig, from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

menig

  1. many a

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: mennige

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German mene.

Adjective

menig (indefinite singular menig, definite singular and plural menige)

  1. common
  2. rank-and-file

Derived terms

See also

  • meinig (Nynorsk)

References

Swedish

Adjective

menig (not comparable)

  1. not an officer (of a soldier), private
    Rädda menige Ryan
    Saving Private Ryan
  2. (nominalized) a private
  3. (in some expressions) of the masses (as opposed to the upper classes, etc.)

Declension

Inflection of menig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular menig
neuter singular menigt
plural meniga
masculine plural2 menige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 menige
all meniga

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

menig f pl

  1. plural of maneg

Mutation

Mutated forms of menig
radical soft nasal aspirate
menig fenig unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.