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German
Etymology
Match + -en or English match + -en
Pronunciation
Verb
matchen (weak, third-person singular present matcht, past tense matchte, past participle gematcht, auxiliary haben)
- to match (to make a successful pairing)
- Synonym: paaren
2021 September 23, Simone Schmollack, “taz-Autor:innen und die Wahl: Dialog ohne Missionierungsdrang”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Keine Ahnung, warum ausgerechnet Manuel F. und ich gematcht wurden. Denn für ein echtes Streitgespräch, bei dem die Fetzen fliegen, sind wir uns eigentlich zu ähnlich.- I have no idea why Manuel F. and I, of all people, were matched. Because we're actually too similar for a real argument in which the sparks fly.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
matchen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
matchen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Related terms
Further reading
- “matchen” in Duden online
- “matchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish
Noun
matchen
- definite singular of match