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Messen

Messen

See also: messen and meßen

German

Noun

Messen

  1. plural of Messe

messen

messen

See also: Messen and meßen

Dutch

Noun

messen

  1. Plural form of mes

German

Etymology

From Old High German mezzen, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/

Verb

messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple 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 messen — “to 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

messen m, f

  1. definite masculine singular of messe