See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

edit

messen

  1. plural of mes

German

edit

Etymology

edit

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

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

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.

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

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

Hungarian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

edit

messen

  1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

Middle English

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

messen

  1. To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)
Conjugation
edit
Descendants
edit
  • English: mass (obsolete)
References
edit

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).

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

messen

  1. To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
Conjugation
edit
Descendants
edit
References
edit

Etymology 3

edit

From masse +‎ -en (plural ending).

Noun

edit

messen

  1. plural of masse (mass)

Norwegian Bokmål

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Noun

edit

messen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of messe

Swedish

edit

Noun

edit

messen

  1. definite plural of mess

Anagrams

edit