nach meiner Meinung

in my opinion

adverb nakh MY-ner MY-noong Rare

Usage Note

Nach meiner Meinung is a colloquial alternative to meiner Meinung nach (with the same meaning); the inverted form is informal and conversational, common in spoken German.

Examples

"Nach meiner Meinung ist das falsch."

Natural Translation

In my opinion, that is wrong.

Literal Translation

After my opinion is that wrong.

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