mennen

From Middle Dutch mennen, from Old Dutch *mennen, from Vulgar Latin *menō or Vulgar Latin *minō, from Latin minō (“I drive, impel”), a rare Classical and later variant of deponent Latin minor.

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• Rhymes: -ɛnən

mennen

1. (literally) (transitive) To lead (a) draught animal(s)
2. (transitive) To drive a drawn vehicle (especially chariot) or plow
3. (transitive) To deliver the load of such transport
4. (figuratively) (transitive) To take the lead, conduct, guide, command (troops), steer people/ events
5. (intransitive) To be engaged in any of the above senses, e.g. to have the lead, be in charge

mennen

1. First-person singular potential present form of mennä.
2. Second active infinitive of mennä in instructive case.