messen
Dutch[edit]
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Noun[edit]
messen
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst, past tense maß, past participle gemessen, past subjunctive mäße, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | messen | ||||
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present participle | messend | ||||
past participle | gemessen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich messe | wir messen | i | ich messe | wir messen |
du misst | ihr messt | du messest | ihr messet | ||
er misst | sie messen | er messe | sie messen | ||
preterite | ich maß | wir maßen | ii | ich mäße1 | wir mäßen1 |
du maßest du maßt |
ihr maßt | du mäßest1 du mäßt1 |
ihr mäßet1 ihr mäßt1 | ||
er maß | sie maßen | er mäße1 | sie mäßen1 | ||
imperative | miss (du) | messt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “messen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “messen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “messen” in Duden online
- “messen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Hungarian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
metsz + -jen (personal suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
messen
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian. Equivalent to messe (“mass”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
messen
Conjugation[edit]
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: mass (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “messen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2[edit]
From mes (“serving”) + -en (infinitival suffix), from Old French mes (“portion of food”), from Late Latin missum (“portion of food put on the table”). Compare Old English metsian (“to feed, supply provisions”).
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Verb[edit]
messen
- To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
Conjugation[edit]
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: mess
References[edit]
- “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 3[edit]
From masse + -en (plural ending).
Noun[edit]
messen
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
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Noun[edit]
messen m or f
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
messen
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- enm:Christianity
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