zumessen

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German

Etymology

zu- +‎ messen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːmɛsn̩/, /-mɛsən/
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  • Hyphenation: zu‧mes‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

Verb

zumessen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst zu, past tense maß zu, past participle zugemessen, past subjunctive mäße zu, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to allocate to; to allot something
  2. (transitive) to attach, to give (to connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix)

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Further reading

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