mening

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mening, from Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to meen (to mean, to suppose) +‎ -ing (-ion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪə̯.nəŋ/

Noun

mening (plural menings or meninge)

  1. An opinion.

Danish

Etymology

mene +‎ -ing. From the verb mene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːneŋ]

Noun

mening c (singular definite meningen, plural indefinite meninger)

  1. an opinion (subjective thought)
  2. meaning (sense, significance)
  3. intention

Declension

Declension of mening
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mening meningen meninger meningerne
genitive menings meningens meningers meningernes

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mêninge. Equivalent to menen (to mean, to suppose) +‎ -ing (-ion).

Compare German Meinung, English meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.nɪŋ/
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ning
  • Rhymes: -eːnɪŋ

Noun

mening f (plural meningen, diminutive meninkje n)

  1. 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

Further reading

  • mening” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the verb mene.

Noun

mening m or f (definite singular meninga or meningen, indefinite plural meninger, definite plural meningene)

  1. an opinion (subjective thought)
  2. meaning (sense, significance)
  3. intention

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

mena +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

mening c

  1. 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?
  2. a sentence, a grammatical phrase
    en lång mening med många ord
    a long sentence with many words
  3. 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
  4. an opinion
    Synonym: uppfattning
    I min mening så har hon rätt
    In my opinion, she's right
    förutfattade meningar
    preconceived notions

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Uzbek

Determiner

mening

  1. my