What does menning in Icelandic mean?

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The word menning in Icelandic means culture, civilisation, culture. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word menning

culture

noun (arts, customs and habits)

Stundum sameinast líka tvenns konar menning og hjónin tala jafnvel hvort sitt tungumálið.
Sometimes it is a joining of two cultures, even two languages.

civilisation

noun

culture

verb noun (range of human phenomena that cannot be attributed to genetic inheritance)

Menning okkar kann að vera ólík, en tilgangurinn er sá sami.
We may have different cultures, but we have the same purpose.

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Engin si? menning
There is no civilisation
Saga, hefđ og menning eru ekki hugtök.
History, tradition, culture, are not concepts.
2 Við ættum ekki að ganga að því gefnu að þjóðerni, menning eða þjóðfélagsstaða ráði áhuga manna á sannleikanum.
2 We should not presume that a person’s interest in the truth is dictated by factors such as national or cultural background or by social position.
Latnesk menning átti, líkt og nýmyndað sólkerfi, að snúast um hina miklu sól sem orð Guðs var.“
Like a newly formed planetary system, Latin culture as a whole was supposed to spin in orbit around the vast sun of the Word of God.”
Byggingar Feneyja og menning hafa einnig verið seglar á ferðamenn í áranna rás.
Sinking dynamics and physics have also improved in Ship Simulator Extremes.
Í FPÖ [ Austurríska þjóðernisflokknum ] sögðu þeir að samkynhneigð sé menning dauðans.
In the FPÖ [ Austrian populist party ] they said that homosexuality is a culture of death.
Ólík menning og tungumál
Culture Gaps and Language Barriers
Jafnvel eftir að Rómverjar lögðu gríska heimsveldið undir sig og sviptu það pólitískum völdum hélt grísk menning áfram að hafa sterk áhrif á grannþjóðir Grikkja.
Even after Rome later subdued Greece and stripped it of all political authority, Greek culture continued to exert a strong influence on neighboring peoples.
Ūađ var líka uppreisnarandi, annars konar pķlitísk menning í Melbourne.
There was also a sense of rebelliousness, sort of an alternative political culture in Melbourne.
„Engin önnur menntun eða menning getur komið í stað hennar, . . . og gildir þá einu hve yfirgripsmikil eða fáguð hún er.“
“No other learning or culture, no matter how extensive or elegant, can . . . form a proper substitute.”
Þótt hnattræn staða, menning og fjarlægðir kunni að aðskilja meðlimina á Marshalleyjum frá öðrum Síðari daga heilögum, segjast þeir þurfa að takast á við margar sömu áskoranirnar og allir aðrir meðlimir geri.
Though geography, culture, and distance may separate them from other Latter-day Saints, members in the Marshall Islands explain that they face many of the same challenges all members do.
Si? menning okkar hvílir á pólitískum grunni, ótraustri smí?
Our civilisation rests upon a political tripod...... a most unstable of structures
Trúarsiðir og menning Kanverja var hrottafengin og fól meðal annars í sér barnafórnir og musterisvændi.
The Canaanite religion and culture were brutal, featuring child sacrifice and temple prostitution.
Menning er oft aðgreinandi og leiðir stundum til ofbeldis og misréttis.17 Í Mormónsbók er afar áhrifarík lýsing á því hvernig erfðavenjur ranglátra feðra leiddu til ofbeldis, styrjaldar, illra verka, misgjörða og jafnvel tortímingar fólks og þjóðarbrota.18
Cultures often divide people and are sometimes a source of violence and discrimination.17 In the Book of Mormon some of the most haunting language is used to describe the traditions of wicked fathers which led to violence, war, evil deeds, iniquity, and even the destruction of peoples and nations.18
Mér finnst mexíkķsk menning koma manni í vímu.
I mean, I'm really finding Mexican culture, like, intoxicating.
Á þeim mörgu öldum sem fylgdu þróuðu íbúarnir sérstaka menningu sem í dag er þekkt sem maórísk menning.
Over the centuries that followed, these settlers developed a distinct culture now known as Māori.
Ūađ er blķmstrandi grísk menning í Kanada.
There's a very vibrant Greek culture in Canada.
Ūeirra menning snũst jafn mikiđ um kurteisi og viđskipti.
Their culture's as much about manners as it is about business.
En með blóðblöndun við óæðra fólk, sem fyrir var, hafi þessi menning, sem eitt sinn var svo dýrleg, glatast ásamt snilli og góðum eiginleikum aríska kynstofnsins.
But through intermarriage with the inferior local people, these once-glorious civilizations were lost, along with the genius and fine qualities of the Aryan race.
5 Eins og búast mátti við endurspeglaði menning Kanverja eðli þeirra lastafullu guða sem þeir dýrkuðu.
5 Predictably, Canaanite culture reflected the dissolute gods they worshiped.
Slík menning er ofurviðkvæm, ýkjukennd og fyllt siðferðisfáti og allir eru knúnir til meðvirkni.
It is a culture of oversensitivity, overreaction and frequent moral panics, during which everybody feels compelled to go along.
Af þessu drógum við annan lærdóm: Til að geta dafnað á erlendu svæði þurftum við að læra að elska trúsystkini okkar, sama hve ólík menning okkar var.
This was another lesson: To flourish in our foreign assignment, we had to learn to love our brothers and sisters no matter how different their culture was from ours.
Ūađ má segja ađ menning sé mín menntun.
I guess you can say that culture was my education.
Ég man ekki til ađ nokkur kafi rétt til ađ dæma kvers siđir eđa menning er betri.
I do not recall anyone being given the right to judge whose culture or customs are superior.
Enda þótt Grikkir hafi átt sína frægu hugsuði og heimspekinga virðist grísk menntun hafa ýtt undir hinar lægri hvatir margra og menning þeirra aðeins fágað þá í spillingunni.
Though the Greeks had their famous thinkers and philosophers, it seems that Greek education gave many of the people greater capacity for evil, and their culture only made them more refined in their vices.

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