messen

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• Rhymes: -ɛsən

messen

1. plural of mes

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/

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• Hyphenation: mes‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

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)
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.

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

• metsszen

metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛʃːɛn]
• Hyphenation: mes‧sen

messen

1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

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

• massen, meassen, massy

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsən/

messen

2. To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)

• English: mass (obsolete)

• “messen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

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”).

• messe

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsən/

messen

2. To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.

• English: mess

• “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

From masse +‎ -en (plural ending).

messen

1. plural of masse (“mass”)

• messa

messen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of messe

messen

1. definite plural of mess

• mesens