menen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈmeː.nə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • to think; to have an opinion or assumption
  • to mean to be serious and sincere, to have conviction in
  • (archaic) to mean to refer to, to have in mind
  • (archaic) to mean to convey, to want to say
  • (obsolete) to mean to have as meaning, e.g. of a word

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch mênen inherited from Old Dutch mēnen inherited from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (lament, mean, think).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*mainijaną

Gloss

lament, mean, think

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

思, 考

Emoji
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