„meinen" Conjugation
to think, to mean, to be of the opinion · يعني / يقصد / يرى (رأي)
Quick present tense
ich meine, du meinest, er meinet
Perfekt: habe gemeint · Partizip: gemeint
How do you conjugate „meinen" in German?
„meinen" (to think, to mean, to be of the opinion) is a regular German verb that uses „haben" for the Perfekt. Present tense: ich meine, du meinest, er/sie/es meinet. Past participle: gemeint.
Präsens (Present)
Wie meinst du das? Erklär mir das bitte genauer!
What do you mean by that? Please explain it to me in more detail!
Präteritum (Simple Past)
Der Film ist gut. Was meinst du?
The film is good. What do you think?
Perfekt (Present Perfect)
Plusquamperfekt (Past Perfect)
Futur I (Future)
Konjunktiv II (Subjunctive II)
Imperativ (Imperative)
Perfekt Auxiliary
„meinen" uses haben to form the Perfekt. Most German verbs use „haben" as their Perfekt auxiliary.
Example: habe gemeint
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