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Meinen

Meinen proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Meinen (plural Meinens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Meinen

pluralMeinens

Origin of Meinen

As a north German and Dutch surname, from the surnames Mein, as well as Meine, from Old High German magin (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *magan, as well as gimeini (“mean, unkind”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Related to the first element of the Norwegian surname Magnhild.

Questions about Meinen

What does Meinen mean?
Meinen means a surname.
What part of speech is Meinen?
Meinen is a proper noun.

Words near Meinen in the dictionary

  1. Mein
  2. mein host
  3. Meinam
  4. Meinecke
  5. Meineckes
  6. Meinen
  7. Meinens
  8. Meiners Oaks
  9. Meinert
  10. meinertellid
  11. meinertellids

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