messen

See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

messen

  1. Plural form 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 messen ― to 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”).

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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