meinen

to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose

• Meinen Sie nicht, dass wir das heute machen sollten?

  Don't you think we should do that today?

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Sie meint immer, recht zu haben.

  She always thinks she's right.

  Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR

to say; to utter; not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive

• Er meint, es sei Liebe.

  He says it's love.

  Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Die Hälfte von dem, was ich sage, meine ich gar nicht so.

  I don't mean half of what I say.

  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something

• Ich weiß, was ihr meint.

  I know what you mean.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Ich weiß nicht, was er meint.

  I don't know what he means.

  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

to mean; to have in mind; to convey

to mean; to signifyrare