messen
Dutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmessen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmessen (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
editinfinitive | 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.
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editHungarian
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editEtymology
editmetsz + -jen (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
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editmessen
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian. Equivalent to messe (“mass”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmessen
Conjugation
edit1Sometimes 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
editFrom 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”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmessen
- To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
Conjugation
edit1Sometimes 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
editFrom masse + -en (plural ending).
Noun
editmessen
Norwegian Bokmål
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editNoun
editmessen m or f
Swedish
editNoun
editmessen
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