messen
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messen
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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)
- (transitive) to measure (something)
- (reflexive) to compete
- sich mit jemandem messen ― to compete with someone
- (intransitive) to measure; to be a given size, height, width, length, etc.
- Der Tisch misst 160 Zentimeter.
- The table measures 160 centimeters.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | messen | ||||
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present participle | messend | ||||
past participle | gemessen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich messe | wir messen | i | ich messe | wir messen |
du misst | ihr messt | du messest | ihr messet | ||
er misst | sie messen | er messe | sie messen | ||
preterite | ich maß | wir maßen | ii | ich mäße1 | wir mäßen1 |
du maßest du maßt |
ihr maßt | du mäßest1 du mäßt1 |
ihr mäßet1 ihr mäßt1 | ||
er maß | sie maßen | er mäße1 | sie mäßen1 | ||
imperative | miss (du) | messt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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metsz + -jen (personal suffix)
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messen
Middle English edit
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
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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- English: mass (obsolete)
References edit
- “messen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
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
- To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: mess
References edit
- “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 3 edit
From masse + -en (plural ending).
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messen
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messen m or f
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messen