messen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/
Audio (file)
Verb
messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst, past tense maß, past participle gemessen, past subjunctive mäße, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- metsszen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛʃːɛn]
- Hyphenation: mes‧sen
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian. Equivalent to messe (“mass”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- English: mass (obsolete)
References
- “messen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsən/
Verb
messen
- To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- English: mess
References
- “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.