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) (to ascertain a quantity)
2. (transitive) to measure, to scrutinize (someone) (to look at judgingly)
   • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Buddenbrooks […] ‎^[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 465:

     Ernst, die eine Braue emporgezogen, maß er die Gestalt des kleinen Johann mit prüfendem, ja sogar kaltem Blick.

     Very serious, with one eyebrow lifted, he measured little Hanno with cold and scrutinizing glance.

3. (reflexive) to compete [with mit ‘with’]

   sich mit jemandem messen ― to compete with someone

4. (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 27 April 2018.

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 27 April 2018.

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