melden

melden

1. gerund of melde

From Middle Dutch melden, from Old Dutch *meldon (attested in maltho (“I declare”)), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛldə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mel‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛldən

melden

1. (transitive) to report, to communicate; let know

   De medewerker meldde de fraude anoniem bij de politie.

   The employee reported the embezzlement anonymously to the police.

2. (transitive, Suriname, informal) to inform, to let know, to give an update

   Meld me als je wilt gaan.

   Please let me know whether you want to go.

• meedelen

• melding
• aanmelden
• afmelden
• vermelden

• → Papiamentu: mèldu

From Middle High German mëlden, from Old High German mëldōn, mëldēn, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛldən/, [ˈmɛl.dn̩]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mel‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛldən

melden (weak, third-person singular present meldet, past tense meldete, past participle gemeldet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to report, to inform (about an incidecent or condition)

   Synonyms: anzeigen, mitteilen

   Der Direktor meldete den Unfall.

   The principal reported the accident.

   Örtlich wird Eisglätte gemeldet.

   Icy conditions are being reported from some locations.

2. (transitive) to report (a person or their behavior to some official authority)

   Synonyms: anzeigen, denunzieren, verpfeifen, verpetzen

3. (transitive, card games) to announce (some situation or predicted result)

   Synonym: ansagen

   Ich hatte Kontra gemeldet.

   I had doubled.

4. (reflexive) to come forward, to volunteer, to enlist [with zu (+ dative) ‘for something, e.g. an examination’]
5. (reflexive) to put one's hand up (e.g. in school)

   Synonym: aufzeigen

6. (reflexive) to answer, to respond to [with auf (+ accusative) ‘an advertisement, etc.’]
7. (reflexive) to report (to announce oneself) [with bei (+ dative) ‘to someone, especially a superior’]

   Herr Leutnant, Sie sollen sich beim Kommandeur melden.

   Lieutenant, sir, you've been asked to report to the commander.

8. (reflexive) to get or stay in touch, to touch base, to make contact [with bei (+ dative) ‘with someone’]

   Synonyms: von sich hören lassen, sich rühren

   Der Vorschlag hört sich gut an... ich melde mich bei dir!

   Your proposal sounds good... I'll get in touch with you!

   Meldet euch, wenn ihr da seid!

   Give us a call when you have arrived!

• “melden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “melden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “melden” in Duden online
• “melden” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “melden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Old Dutch *meldon, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

melden

1. to betray, to rat on, to report
2. to announce, to make known
3. to note, to notify

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: melden
• Limburgish: mèlje

• “melden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “melden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

melden m

1. definite singular of meld