malen

See also: Malen and målen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən
  • Homophone: Malen

Etymology 1

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

Verb

malen

  1. (transitive) to grind
  2. (intransitive, informal) to worry, overthink
    Synonym: tobben
Conjugation
Conjugation of malen (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive malen
past singular maalde
past participle gemalen
infinitive malen
gerund malen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular maal maalde
2nd person sing. (jij) maalt, maal2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: maal
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
  • Negerhollands: maal

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mâlen, from Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).

Verb

malen

  1. (obsolete) to paint
Conjugation
Conjugation of malen (weak)
infinitive malen
past singular maalde
past participle gemaald
infinitive malen
gerund malen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular maal maalde
2nd person sing. (jij) maalt, maal2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

malen

  1. plural of maal
  2. plural of male

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (compare Dutch maal), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”) (compare Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlən/, [maːl̩n] (Germany)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlɛn/, [maːl̩n] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən, -aːlɛn
  • Homophone: mahlen

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to paint (do paintwork)
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to paint (create a painting)
  3. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
    Synonym: (more strictly correct) zeichnen

Conjugation

Conjugation of malen (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive malen
present participle malend
past participle gemalt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich male wir malen i ich male wir malen
du malst ihr malt du malest ihr malet
er malt sie malen er male sie malen
preterite ich malte wir malten ii ich malte1 wir malten1
du maltest ihr maltet du maltest1 ihr maltet1
er malte sie malten er malte1 sie malten1
imperative mal (du)
male (du) 		malt (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of malen (weak, auxiliary haben)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich habe gemalt wir haben gemalt subjunctive ich habe gemalt wir haben gemalt
du hast gemalt ihr habt gemalt du habest gemalt ihr habet gemalt
er hat gemalt sie haben gemalt er habe gemalt sie haben gemalt
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte gemalt wir hatten gemalt subjunctive ich hätte gemalt wir hätten gemalt
du hattest gemalt ihr hattet gemalt du hättest gemalt ihr hättet gemalt
er hatte gemalt sie hatten gemalt er hätte gemalt sie hätten gemalt
future i
infinitive malen werden subjunctive i ich werde malen wir werden malen
du werdest malen ihr werdet malen
er werde malen sie werden malen
indicative ich werde malen wir werden malen subjunctive ii ich würde malen wir würden malen
du wirst malen ihr werdet malen du würdest malen ihr würdet malen
er wird malen sie werden malen er würde malen sie würden malen
future ii
infinitive gemalt haben werden subjunctive i ich werde gemalt haben wir werden gemalt haben
du werdest gemalt haben ihr werdet gemalt haben
er werde gemalt haben sie werden gemalt haben
indicative ich werde gemalt haben wir werden gemalt haben subjunctive ii ich würde gemalt haben wir würden gemalt haben
du wirst gemalt haben ihr werdet gemalt haben du würdest gemalt haben ihr würdet gemalt haben
er wird gemalt haben sie werden gemalt haben er würde gemalt haben sie würden gemalt haben

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “malen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “malen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “malen” in Duden online
  • “malen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • malen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Verb

mālen

  1. to grind
  2. to mill
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).

Verb

mâlen

  1. to paint
  2. to sculpt
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

malen m sg

  1. definite singular of mal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malen m sg

  1. definite singular of mal

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Variant of mal, from mal +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. small
    Antonym: velik

Declension

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative malen malena maleno
genitive malena malene malena
dative malenu malenoj malenu
accusative inanimate
animate 		malen
malena 		malenu maleno
vocative malen malena maleno
locative malenu malenoj malenu
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)
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)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmanji najmanja najmanje
genitive najmanjeg(a) najmanje najmanjeg(a)
dative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najmanji
najmanjeg(a) 		najmanju najmanje
vocative najmanji najmanja najmanje
locative najmanjem(u) najmanjoj najmanjem(u)
instrumental najmanjim najmanjom najmanjim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najmanji najmanje najmanja
genitive najmanjih najmanjih najmanjih
dative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)
accusative najmanje najmanje najmanja
vocative najmanji najmanje najmanja
locative najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)
instrumental najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a) najmanjim(a)

Further reading

  • “malen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Participle

malen

  1. past participle of mala

Noun

malen

  1. definite singular of mal

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