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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish men, from Middle Low German mene.

Adjective

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menig (neuter menigt, plural and definite singular attributive menige)

  1. common
    Synonym: almindelig
  2. rank-and-file

Declension

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Inflection of menig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular menig — —2
indefinite neuter singular menigt — —2
plural menige — —2
definite attributive1 menige — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

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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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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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Swedish

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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 superlative1
common singular menig — —
neuter singular menigt — —
plural meniga — —
masculine plural2 menige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 menige — —
all meniga — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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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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Mutated forms of menig
radical soft nasal aspirate
menig fenig unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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