messen

See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

messen

  1. Plural form of mes

German

Etymology

From Old High German mezzen, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple 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


Middle English

Etymology 1

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

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 ending).

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
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