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Mengen
Mengen
See also: mengen
mengen
mengen
See also: Mengen
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Dutch *mengen, from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną. Cognate with English meng. See also mingle.
Verb
mengen
- to mix
Inflection
| Inflection of mengen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mengen | |||
| past singular | mengde | |||
| past participle | gemengd | |||
| infinitive | mengen | |||
| gerund | mengen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | meng | mengde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | mengt | mengde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | mengt | mengde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | mengt | mengde | ||
| 3rd person singular | mengt | mengde | ||
| plural | mengen | mengden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | menge | mengde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | mengen | mengden | ||
| imperative sing. | meng | |||
| imperative plur.1 | mengt | |||
| participles | mengend | gemengd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology 1
From Old High German meinen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæŋən/
Verb
mengen (third-person singular present mengt, past participle gemengt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to mean; to intend
- Wann ech dat soen, mengen ech et och.
- When I say that, I mean it.
- Wann ech dat soen, mengen ech et och.
- to think; to believe; to be of the opinion that
- Ech hu gemengt, datt et schonn ze spéit wier.
- I thought it was already too late.
- Ech hu gemengt, datt et schonn ze spéit wier.
- to say; to comment
- Hien huet gemengt, dat wier eng domm Iddi.
- He said it was a stupid idea.
- Hien huet gemengt, dat wier eng domm Iddi.
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mengen | |
| participle | gemengt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | mengen | — |
| 2nd singular | mengs | meng |
| 3rd singular | mengt | — |
| 1st plural | mengen | — |
| 2nd plural | mengt | mengt |
| 3rd plural | mengen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Etymology 2
Inflected form of mäin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeŋən/
Determiner
mengen
- first-person singular possessive pronoun, dative case, plural object: my
- Ech wunnen nach bei mengen Elteren.
- I still live with my parents.
- Ech wunnen nach bei mengen Elteren.
See also
Luxembourgish possessive pronouns
| nominative / accusative | dative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
| 1st person singular | mäin | meng | mäin | meng | mengem | menger | mengem | mengen |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | däin | deng | däin | deng | dengem | denger | dengem | dengen |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Ären | Är | Äert | Är | Ärem | Ärer | Ärem | Ären |
| 3rd person singular (m/n) | säin | seng | säin | seng | sengem | senger | sengem | sengen |
| 3rd person singular (f) | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |
| 1st person plural | eisen | eis | eist | eis | eisem | eiser | eisem | eisen |
| 2nd person plural | ären | är | äert | är | ärem | ärer | ärem | ären |
| 3rd person plural | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |