Meinung
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mandarin 美濃 (Měinóng) Wade–Giles[1] romanization: Mei³-nung².[2]
Proper noun
[edit]Meinung
- Alternative form of Meinong.
- 2016 February 14, “Week in Review”, in Radio Taiwan International[3], archived from the original on 18 October 2022[4]:
- Although the epicenter was located in Kaohsiung’s Meinung Township, the city of Tainan was hit hardest, with at least 116 deaths and the collapse or severe damage of multiple buildings.
- 2021 April 25, Yang Yuan-ting, “Study finds link between rain, quakes”, in Taipei Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 April 2021, Front Page, page 1[6]:
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Kaohsiung’s Jiasian District (甲仙) on March 4, 2010, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Pingtung County’s Wutai Township (霧台) on Feb. 26, 2012, and a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in Kaohsiung’s Meinung District (美濃) on Feb. 6, 2016, all happened in the same season, Hsu said.
- 2022, Kuei-Hsien Liao, Tsz Yan Lee, “A classic case of the struggle to control a river”, in The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim[7], →ISBN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2022[8]:
- The Meinung River—a major river flowing through the Meinung District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan—is a case in point.
- 2025 August 1, “2025 Presidential Culture Awards winners announced”, in Taipei Times[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 July 2025, Taiwan News, page 2[10]:
- Meanwhile, the Community Building Award was won by Kaohsiung’s Meinung People’s Association for its efforts to promote community outreach and neighborhood care.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Meinung.
References
[edit]- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 1 October 2006[2]:
- This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 美濃鎮 / Meinong / Měinóng / Meinong / Meinung
- ^ 2019 March, McFall, George,台灣鄉鎮名中英對照 Bilingual Taiwan Twnship Names For Church Data Maps, page 3, column 2: "248. Meinung District 美濃區"
German
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German meinunge, from Old High German meinunga. By surface analysis, meinen + -ung. Compare Dutch mening and English meaning.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Meinung f (genitive Meinung, plural Meinungen)
- opinion
- Synonym: Ansicht
- Hyponym: Gegenmeinung (“opposite view, opposite opinion, opposing view”)
- Sie ist der Meinung, dass...
- She is of the opinion that...
Declension
[edit]Declension of Meinung [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Meinung”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
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