meinen
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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.
meinen (weak, third-person singular present meint, past tense meinte, past participle gemeint, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | meinen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | meinend | ||||
past participle | gemeint | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich meine | wir meinen | i | ich meine | wir meinen |
du meinst | ihr meint | du meinest | ihr meinet | ||
er meint | sie meinen | er meine | sie meinen | ||
preterite | ich meinte | wir meinten | ii | ich meinte1 | wir meinten1 |
du meintest | ihr meintet | du meintest1 | ihr meintet1 | ||
er meinte | sie meinten | er meinte1 | sie meinten1 | ||
imperative | mein (du) meine (du) |
meint (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Inflected form of mein.
meinen m sg or pl
From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.
meinen
infinitive | meinen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | meinu | meinita |
2nd person singular | meinis, meinist | meinitōs, meintōst |
3rd person singular | meinit | meinita |
1st person plural | meinem, meinemēs | meinitum, meinitumēs |
2nd person plural | meinet | meinitut |
3rd person plural | meinent | meinitun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | meine | meiniti |
2nd person singular | meinēs, meinēst | meinitīs, meinitīst |
3rd person singular | meine | meiniti |
1st person plural | meinēm, meinēn, meinemēs | meinitīm, meinitīn, meinitīmēs |
2nd person plural | meinēt | meinitīt |
3rd person plural | meinēn | meinitīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | meini | |
plural | meinet | |
participle | present | past |
meinenti | gimeinit |
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