See also: Messen and meßen

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  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

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messen

  1. plural of mes

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Etymology edit

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

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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.

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

Hungarian edit

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metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix)

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

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messen

  1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

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Etymology 1 edit

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

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messen

  1. To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)
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  • English: mass (obsolete)
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Etymology 2 edit

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).

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messen

  1. To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
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Etymology 3 edit

From masse +‎ -en (plural ending).

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messen

  1. plural of masse (mass)

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messen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of messe

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messen

  1. definite plural of mess

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