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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈsiːrən/, [maˈsiːʁən], [-ˈsiː.ɐn], [-ˈsi(ː)ɐ̯n]
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French masser, probably from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, to touch), or from Portuguese amassar. The Arabic verb was, in French, associated with and perhaps reinforced by unrelated Ancient Greek μάσσειν (mássein, to knead), but direct derivation from this latter is now considered unlikely.

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massieren (weak, third-person singular present massiert, past tense massierte, past participle massiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to massage
    Synonyms: kneten, walken
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Etymology 2

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Either directly from Masse (mass) +‎ -ieren (-ise, -ify) or through French masser, eventually from Latin massa.

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massieren (weak, third-person singular present massiert, past tense massierte, past participle massiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to mass, amass, concentrate, condense
    Synonyms: anhäufen, aufhäufen, konzentrieren, verdichten, versammeln, verstärken, zusammenziehen
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Further reading

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