Meinung
\ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ\
The verdict
“Meinung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opinion, avis, point de vue personnel de quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meinung · Meinung · French
Meinung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meinung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Meinung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Meinung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Meinung, spelled M-E-I-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Opinion, avis, point de vue personnel de quelqu'un.
- 2Opinion, évaluation d’une chose par une personne ou un groupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meinung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist schwieriger, eine vorgefasste Meinung zu zertrümmern als ein Atom. — (Albert Einstein)
Diese bescheidenen und stolzen Bourgeois waren der Meinung, Schönheit sei für sie entweder zu teuer oder zu wenig standesgemäß; Schönheit billigten sie nur den Marquisen und den Huren zu.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.