messen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛsən === Noun === messen plural of mes == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German mëȥȥen, from Old High German mëȥȥen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/ Hyphenation: mes‧sen Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən === Verb === messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst, past tense maß, past participle gemessen, past subjunctive mäße, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to measure (something) (to ascertain a quantity) (transitive) to measure, to scrutinize (someone) (to look at judgingly) (reflexive) to compete [with mit ‘with’] (intransitive) to measure; to be a given size, height, width, length, etc. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “messen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “messen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “messen” in Duden online “messen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === metsszen === Etymology === metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃːɛn] Hyphenation: mes‧sen === Verb === messen 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). ==== Alternative forms ==== massen, meassen, massy ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/ ==== Verb ==== messen To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: mass (obsolete) ===== References ===== “messen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018. === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== messe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/ ==== Verb ==== messen To deliver food to a table; to serve up food. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: mess ===== References ===== “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018. === Etymology 3 === From masse +‎ -en (plural ending). ==== Noun ==== messen plural of masse (“mass”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === messa === Noun === messen m or f definite masculine singular of messe == Swedish == === Noun === messen definite plural of mess === Anagrams === mesens