menig

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch menich, from Old Dutch *manag, *menig, from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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menig

  1. many a

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: mennige

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mene.

Adjective

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menig (indefinite singular menig, definite singular and plural menige)

  1. common
  2. rank-and-file

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Adjective

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menig (not comparable)

  1. not an officer (of a soldier), private
    Rädda menige Ryan
    Saving Private Ryan
  2. (nominalized) a private
  3. (in some expressions) of the masses (as opposed to the upper classes, etc.)

Declension

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Inflection of menig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular menig
Neuter singular menigt
Plural meniga
Masculine plural3 menige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 menige
All meniga
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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menig f pl

  1. plural of maneg

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
menig fenig unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.