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Malen

Malen

See also: malen and målen

German

Noun

Malen n

  1. dative plural of Mal

malen

malen

See also: Malen and målen

Dutch

Verb

malen

  1. to grind
Inflection
Inflection of malen (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive malen
past singular maalde
past participle gemalen
infinitive malen
gerund malen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular maal maalde
2nd person sing. (jij) maalt maalde
2nd person sing. (u) maalt maalde
2nd person sing. (gij) maalt maalde
3rd person singular maalt maalde
plural malen maalden
subjunctive sing.1 male maalde
subjunctive plur.1 malen maalden
imperative sing. maal
imperative plur.1 maalt
participles malend gemalen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch malen, from Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl ‘spot, stain’ (modern maal). More at maal.

Verb

malen

  1. (obsolete) to paint
Inflection
Inflection of malen (weak)
infinitive malen
past singular maalde
past participle gemaald
infinitive malen
gerund malen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular maal maalde
2nd person sing. (jij) maalt maalde
2nd person sing. (u) maalt maalde
2nd person sing. (gij) maalt maalde
3rd person singular maalt maalde
plural malen maalden
subjunctive sing.1 male maalde
subjunctive plur.1 malen maalden
imperative sing. maal
imperative plur.1 maalt
participles malend gemaald
1) Archaic.
Related terms

Noun

malen

  1. Plural form of maal
  2. Plural form of male

German

Etymology

From Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl ‘spot, stain’, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (compare Dutch maal), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘dark color’ (compare Welsh melyn ‘yellow’, Lithuanian mė́las ‘black’, Ancient Greek μέλας ‎(mélas) ‘dark-colored, black’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlən/
  • Rhymes: -aːlən
  • Homophone: mahlen

Verb

malen ‎(third-person singular simple present malt, past tense malte, past participle gemalt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to paint (to create a painting)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Russian: малевать ‎(malevatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: малювати ‎(maljuvaty)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

malen m

  1. definite singular of mal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malen m

  1. definite singular of mal

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎlen/
  • Hyphenation: mal‧en

Adjective

màlen ‎(definite màlenī, comparative mȁnjī, Cyrillic spelling ма̀лен)

  1. small

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative maleni malena maleno
genitive malenog(a) malene malenog(a)
dative malenom(u/e) malenoj malenom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		maleni
malenog(a)		 malenu maleno
vocative maleni malena maleno
locative malenom(e/u) malenoj malenom(e/u)
instrumental malenim malenom malenim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative maleni malene malena
genitive malenih malenih malenih
dative malenim(a) malenim(a) malenim(a)
accusative malene malene malena
vocative maleni malene malena
locative malenim(a) malenim(a) malenim(a)
instrumental malenim(a) malenim(a) malenim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative manji manja manje
genitive manjeg(a) manje manjeg(a)
dative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		manji
manjeg(a)		 manju manje
vocative manji manja manje
locative manjem(u) manjoj manjem(u)
instrumental manjim manjom manjim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative manji manje manja
genitive manjih manjih manjih
dative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
accusative manje manje manja
vocative manji manje manja
locative manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)
instrumental manjim(a) manjim(a) manjim(a)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (verb form) IPA(key): [ˈmɑːlˌɛn]
  • (noun form) IPA(key): [ˈmɑːl.ən]

Verb

malen

  1. past participle of mala.

Noun

malen

  1. definite singular of mal

Etymology

From Middle Dutch malen, from Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlən/
  • Rhymes: -aːlən

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