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menen

See also: měněn

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Pronunciation

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menen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of menar

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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menen

  1. to think; to have an opinion or assumption
    Synonym: denken
    Hij meent dat hij recht heeft op meer salaris. ― He is of the opinion that he deserves more salary.
    Ik meen me zoiets te herinneren. ― I think I remember something to that effect.
  2. to mean (to be serious and sincere; to have conviction in)
    Synonym: serieus bedoelen
    De excuses waren niet gemeend. ― The apologies were not sincere.
    Meen je dat nou? ― Are you serious?
  3. (archaic) to mean (to refer to; to have in mind)
    Synonym: bedoelen
  4. (archaic) to mean (to convey; to want to say)
    Synonym: bedoelen
  5. (obsolete) to mean (to have as meaning, e.g. of a word)
    Synonyms: betekenen, heten

Conjugation

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Conjugation 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, meen2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Verb

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menen

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mennä

Fula

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Pronoun

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menen

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

Usage notes

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Dialectal variants

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

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References

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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mênen

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

Inflection

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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

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From Old French mener (“lead”).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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menen

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

Mokilese

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, -men (animate noun classifier/indefinite marker) +‎ -en (2nd person singular demonstrative suffix)

Demonstrative

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menen

  1. that (animate noun near the speaker)

Usage notes

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Menen is used only when talking about animate nouns that are nearer to the listener than to the speaker.

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Mokilese demonstratives
Demonstrative formss General Animate Long Piece Plural
1st person (near speaker) oawe mene pase kije pwiai, pwiak
2nd person (near hearer) oawen menen pasen kijen pwian
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) oawo meno paso kijo pwiok


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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb

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mēnen

  1. to mean, to intend

Inflection

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Conjugation of mēnen (weak class 1)
infinitive mēnen
indicative present past
1st person singular mēno, mēnon mēnida
2nd person singular mēnis, mēnist mēnidos
3rd person singular mēnit mēnida
1st person plural mēnen mēnidun
2nd person plural mēnit mēnidut
3rd person plural mēnent mēnidun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular mēne mēnidi
2nd person singular mēnes, mēnest mēnidis
3rd person singular mēne mēnidi
1st person plural mēnen mēnidin
2nd person plural mēnet mēnidit
3rd person plural mēnen mēnidin
imperative present
singular mēni
plural mēnit
participle present past
mēnendi mēnit, gimēnit

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “mēnen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Spanish

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Verb

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menen

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

Swedish

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Noun

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menen

  1. definite plural of men
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