messen

See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

messen

  1. plural of mes

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/
  • (file)

Verb

messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst, past tense maß, past participle gemessen, past subjunctive mäße, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to measure (something)
  2. (reflexive) to compete
    sich mit jemandem messento compete with someone
  3. (intransitive) to measure; to be a given size, height, width, length, etc.
    Der Tisch misst 160 Zentimeter.
    The table measures 160 centimeters.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • metsszen

Etymology

metsz + -jen (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: mes‧sen

Verb

messen

  1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

Middle English

Etymology 1

From a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian. Equivalent to messe (mass) + -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/

Verb

messen

  1. To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: mass (obsolete)
References

Etymology 2

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).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/

Verb

messen

  1. To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From masse + -en (plural ending).

Noun

messen

  1. plural of masse (mass)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

messen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of messe

Swedish

Noun

messen

  1. definite plural of mess

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