melden
See also: Melden
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch melden, from Old Dutch *meldon (attested in maltho (“I declare”)), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛldə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden
- (transitive) to report, to communicate; let know
- De medewerker meldde de fraude anoniem bij de politie.
- The employee reported the embezzlement anonymously to the police.
- (transitive, Suriname, informal) to inform, to let know, to give an update
- Meld me als je wilt gaan.
- Please let me know whether you want to go.
Inflection
| Inflection of melden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | melden | |||
| past singular | meldde | |||
| past participle | gemeld | |||
| infinitive | melden | |||
| gerund | melden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | meld | meldde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | meldt | meldde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | meldt | meldde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | meldt | meldde | ||
| 3rd person singular | meldt | meldde | ||
| plural | melden | meldden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | melde | meldde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | melden | meldden | ||
| imperative sing. | meld | |||
| imperative plur.1 | meldt | |||
| participles | meldend | gemeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: mèldu
German
Etymology
From Middle High German melden, from Old High German meldōn, meldēn, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈmɛldən/, [ˈmɛldn̩]
- Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden (weak, third-person singular present meldet, past tense meldete, past participle gemeldet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to report
- Der Direktor meldete den Unfall.
- The principal reported the accident.
- (transitive) to tell on (someone)
- (reflexive) to put one's hand up (in school)
- (reflexive, often with bei (with)) to get in touch (with someone), touch base (make contact with someone)
- to stay in touch (keep in contact with someone)
- Synonym: von sich hören lassen
- to follow up, get back to (return contact with someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of melden (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | melden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | meldend | ||||
| past participle | gemeldet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich melde | wir melden | i | ich melde | wir melden |
| du meldest | ihr meldet | du meldest | ihr meldet | ||
| er meldet | sie melden | er melde | sie melden | ||
| preterite | ich meldete | wir meldeten | ii | ich meldete1 | wir meldeten1 |
| du meldetest | ihr meldetet | du meldetest1 | ihr meldetet1 | ||
| er meldete | sie meldeten | er meldete1 | sie meldeten1 | ||
| imperative | meld (du) melde (du) |
meldet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of melden (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Meldung
- anmelden
- abmelden
- krankmelden
- ummelden
Further reading
- “melden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “melden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “melden” in Duden online
- “melden” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “melden”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *meldon, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: melden
- Limburgish: mèlje
Further reading
- “melden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “melden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
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