Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en mening

opinion, idea, sense, meaning

Meaning

opinion; idea; sense; meaning; intention; sentence

In Swedish: åsikt, uppfattning

Forms

Forms of mening
Singular, indefiniteen mening
Singular, definitemeningen
Plural, indefinitemeningar
Plural, definitemeningarna

mening is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor mening, den stora meningen. Check another noun

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Is it en mening or ett mening?

mening in a sentence

  • enligt min mening
    in my opinion
  • i vid mening
    in a general sense
  • i egentlig mening
    in its true sense
  • meningen är att hela området ska bebyggas
    the idea is for the whole area to be developed
  • det var inte min mening att såra dig
    I didn't mean to hurt you
  • Skriv korta meningar!
    Write in short sentences!
  • Vad är meningen med att göra så där?
    What's the point of doing it like that?
  • Meningen är att det gör saker bättre
    The point is that it makes things better

Words built with mening

  • meningsutbyte exchange of opinions
  • folkmening public opinion
  • meningsfull meaningful
  • undermening hidden meaning
  • välmening good intention

Questions

What does mening mean in English?

mening means “opinion, idea”.

Is it en mening or ett mening?

It is en mening, and “the opinion” is meningen.

What is the plural of mening?

The plural of mening is meningar, and the definite plural is meningarna.

Similar words

innebördtyckeåsiktopinionavseendeavsikt

Origin

mena + -ing

Nearby common words

mening is number 910 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary