meinen
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Meaning
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- (weak) to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
- (weak) to say; to utter; not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive
- (weak) to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
- (weak) to mean; to have in mind; to convey
- (archaic,weak) to mean; to signify
Concepts
Synonyms
dafür halten
dafürhalten
Meinung sein
Glauben schenken
sich vorstellen
schließen lassen auf
kommen sehen
der Ansicht sein
gladden
Vorahnung haben
im Urin haben
der Überzeugung sein
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
sich yybilde
Basel-Landschaft
maine
Zürich
min
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaɪ̯nən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German meinen, from Old High German meinen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; lament”). Germanic cognates include Bavarian manan, moana, West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), English mean, Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Related to moan.
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