menig

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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Determiner

menig

  1. many a

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: mennige

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German mene.

Adjective

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

  1. common
  2. rank-and-file

Derived terms

See also
  • meinig (Nynorsk)

References

Swedish

Adjective

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
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

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

menig f pl

  1. plural of maneg

Mutation
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.
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