meining

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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meining f (genitive singular meiningar, plural meiningar)

  1. opinion
  2. meaning

Declension

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f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative meining meiningin meiningar meiningarnar
Accusative meining meiningina meiningar meiningarnar
Dative meining meiningini meiningum meiningunum
Genitive meiningar meiningarinnar meininga meininganna
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From meina +‎ -ing. Compare Faroese and Icelandic meining.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²mɛɪːnɪŋ(ɡ)/

Noun

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meining f (definite singular meininga, indefinite plural meiningar, definite plural meiningane)

  1. opinion
    etter mi meiningin my opinion
  2. meaning, sence
    Synonyms: betydning, tyding
    Kva for meining var lagt i desse orda?
    What sence was put in these words?
  3. purpose, point, sence
    Synonyms: mål, poeng, vits, von
    Det er jo meininga å ha det artig i dag!
    It is the point to have fun today though!
    Det va ’kje meininga å herpa bilen din.
    It wasn’t on purpose to damage your car.
    Kva er meininga med dette?
    What’s the point of it?
    Det gjev inga meining!
    It is nonsense!

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