# menen
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmɛ.nən]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈmə.nən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈme.nen]

### Verb

menen
* 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: /ˈmeː.nə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: me‧nen
* Rhymes: -eːnən

### Verb

menen
* 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.
* 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?
* (archaic) to mean (to refer to; to have in mind)
    Synonym: bedoelen
* (archaic) to mean (to convey; to want to say)
    Synonym: bedoelen
* (obsolete) to mean (to have as meaning, e.g. of a word)
    Synonyms: betekenen, heten

#### Derived terms

* mening
* ongemeend
* vermenen

#### Descendants

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

### Anagrams

* menne, nemen

## Finnish
### Verb

menen
* first-person singular present indicative of mennä

## Fula
### Pronoun

menen
* first person plural exclusive;emphatic pronoun we, us

#### Usage notes

* Used in Pular.

#### Dialectal variants

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

#### See also

* enen
* men
* meɗen
* hiɗen

### References

* Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
* Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎, volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Verb

mênen
* to mean, to signify
* to intend
* to mean, to stand for
* to think, to be of the opinion

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* meinen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: menen
** Afrikaans: meen
* Limburgish: meine

### Further reading

* “menen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “menen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

menen
* to intend, to mean to indicate or signify
* to intend, to mean to do something, or that something will be the case; to plan
* to say, to express
* to remember; to recall or bear in mind
* to advise or admonish or remind (someone of something)
* to complain of, to lament
* to lament, to mourn (for)
* to pity, to comfort

### Etymology 2

From Old French mener (“lead”).

#### Alternative forms

* mayne

#### Verb

menen
* to direct or guide (one's horse or oneself)
* (reflexive) to conduct oneself or behave (in a certain way)

## Mokilese
### Etymology

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

### Demonstrative

menen
* that (animate noun near the speaker)

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

| 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 |

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese Reference Grammar, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

### Verb

mēnen
* to mean, to intend

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: mênen
** Dutch: menen
*** Afrikaans: meen
** Limburgish: meine

#### Further reading

* “mēnen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Spanish
### Verb

menen
* inflection of menar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

menen
* definite plural of men