Mening

Meaning: Actually means 'opinion'. Mijn mening = my opinion. The meaning of a word is its betekenis.

Language: Dutch

Literally: meaning

Category: Everyday

Origin: From menen, 'to think, to hold an opinion'; Dutch gives the sense of a word its own separate noun.

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