messen
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Noun
messen
- Plural form of mes.
[edit] German
[edit] Etymology
Old High German mezzen, originally meten
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
messen (strong, third-person singular simple present misst, past tense maß, auxiliary haben, past participle gemessen)
- (transitive) to measure (something)
- (reflexive) to compete
- sich mit jemandem messen — “to compete with someone”
- (intransitive) to measure; to be a given size, height, width, length, etc.
- Der Tisch misst 160 Zentimeter. — “The table measures 160 centimeters.”
