מאַכן
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Verb
מאַכן • (makhn) (past participle געמאַכט (gemakht))
- to make, create
- to do
- to say
- 1894, שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleyhkem, “Sholem Aleichem”), “דאָס גרויסע געווינס (dos groyse gevins)”, in טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (tevye der milkhiker, “Tevye the Dairyman”):
- to be, feel
- וואָס מאַכט ער ― vos makht er ― How is he?
Conjugation
Conjugation of מאַכן
infinitive | מאַכן makhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | מאַכנדיק makhndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געמאַכט gemakht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך מאַך ikh makh |
מיר מאַכן mir makhn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו מאַכסט du makhst |
איר מאַכט ir makht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער מאַכט er makht |
זיי מאַכן zey makhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | מאַך (דו) makh (du) |
מאַכט (איר) makht (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
- מאַכער (makher)
- אײַנמאַכן (aynmakhn, “to preserve food”)
- אויסמאַכן (oysmakhn, “to matter, to be important”)
Noun
מאַכן • (makhn)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish verbs
- Yiddish terms with usage examples
- Yiddish non-lemma forms
- Yiddish noun plural forms