menen

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See also: měněn

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Pronunciation

Verb

menen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of menar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mênen, from Old Dutch mēnen, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.nə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: me‧nen
  • Rhymes: -eːnən

Verb

menen

  1. to think; to have an opinion or assumption
  2. to mean (to be serious and sincere; to have conviction in) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (archaic) to mean (to refer to; to have in mind)
  4. (archaic) to mean (to convey; to want to say)
  5. (obsolete) to mean (to have as meaning, e.g. of a word)

Inflection

Inflection of menen (weak)
infinitive menen
past singular meende
past participle gemeend
infinitive menen
gerund menen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meen meende
2nd person sing. (jij) meent meende
2nd person sing. (u) meent meende
2nd person sing. (gij) meent meende
3rd person singular meent meende
plural menen meenden
subjunctive sing.1 mene meende
subjunctive plur.1 menen meenden
imperative sing. meen
imperative plur.1 meent
participles menend gemeend
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: meen
  • → Papiamentu: mèn, men
  • →? Saramaccan: méni

Anagrams

Finnish

Verb

menen

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mennä

Fula

Pronoun

menen

  1. first person plural exclusive;emphatic pronoun we, us

Usage notes

Dialectal variants

  • minen (Liptaako, Maasina, Fouta-toro, Adamawa)

See also

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mēnen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb

mênen

  1. to mean, to signify
  2. to intend
  3. to mean, to stand for
  4. to think, to be of the opinion

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mǣnan (“mean, intend; lament”).

Verb

menen

  1. to intend, to mean to indicate or signify
  2. to intend, to mean to do something, or that something will be the case; to plan
  3. to say, to express
  4. to remember; to recall or bear in mind
  5. to advise or admonish or remind (someone of something)
  6. to complain of, to lament
  7. to lament, to mourn (for)
  8. to pity, to comfort

Etymology 2

From Old French mener (“lead”).

Verb

menen

  1. to direct or guide (one's horse or oneself)
  2. (reflexive) to conduct oneself or behave (in a certain way)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb

mēnen

  1. to mean, to intend

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “mēnen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Spanish

Verb

menen

  1. inflection of menar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

menen

  1. definite plural of men
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