meinen

to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose

"Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr."

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

"Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade?"

to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something

"Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch."

to mean; to have in mind; to convey

"Was meintest du damit?"

inflection of mein: accusative masculine singular dative plural

accusative masculine singular

dative plural