messen

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See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛsən

Noun

messen

  1. plural of mes

German

Etymology

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

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Verb

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) (to ascertain a quantity)
  2. (transitive) to measure, to scrutinize (someone) (to look at judgingly)
    • 1909 , Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Buddenbrooks , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 465:
      Ernst, die eine Braue emporgezogen, maß er die Gestalt des kleinen Johann mit prüfendem, ja sogar kaltem Blick.
      Very serious, with one eyebrow lifted, he measured little Hanno with cold and scrutinizing glance.
  3. (reflexive) to compete
    sich mit jemandem messento compete with someone
  4. (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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Further reading

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

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix)

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  • Hyphenation: mes‧sen

Verb

messen

  1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

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Verb

messen

  1. To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)
Conjugation
Conjugation of messen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) messen, messe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular messe messed
2nd-person singular messest messedest
3rd-person singular messeth messed
subjunctive singular messe
imperative singular
plural1 messen, messe messeden, messede
imperative plural messeth, messe
participles messynge, messende messed, ymessed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: mass (obsolete)
References

Etymology 2

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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Pronunciation

Verb

messen

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

From masse +‎ -en (plural ending).

Noun

messen

  1. plural of masse (mass)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

messen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of messe

Swedish

Noun

messen

  1. definite plural of mess

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