mixen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen, myxen, from meohx, meox (dung, filth), from Proto-West Germanic *mīgan, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą (to urinate); akin to German Mist (manure).

Noun[edit]

mixen (plural mixens)

  1. A compost heap; a dunghill.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mixen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

mixen

  1. plural of mix

Verb[edit]

mixen

  1. mix
    (Brabant):
    Edet na al gemixt jong?!
    Have you now already mixed it?!

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of mixen (weak)
infinitive mixen
past singular mixte
past participle gemixt
infinitive mixen
gerund mixen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular mix mixte
2nd person sing. (jij) mixt mixte
2nd person sing. (u) mixt mixte
2nd person sing. (gij) mixt mixte
3rd person singular mixt mixte
plural mixen mixten
subjunctive sing.1 mixe mixte
subjunctive plur.1 mixen mixten
imperative sing. mix
imperative plur.1 mixt
participles mixend gemixt
1) Archaic.

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English mix, from Middle English mixen, partially inherited from Old English mixen, and partially from a backformation of Old French mixte, itself a borrowing from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪksən/, [ˈmɪksn̩], [ˈmɪksən]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧xen

Verb[edit]

mixen (weak, third-person singular present mixt, past tense mixte, past participle gemixt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, especially of drinks) to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united)
    Synonym: mischen
  2. (transitive, music) to mix (combine several tracks; produce a finished version)
    Synonym: mischen

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Further reading[edit]

  • mixen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mixen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mixen” in Duden online
  • mixen” in OpenThesaurus.de