# mengen
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmeɲ.ʒən]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈməɲ.ʒən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmeɲ.d͡ʒen]

### Verb

mengen
* third-person plural present indicative of menjar

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch mengen, from Old Dutch *mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛŋən

### Verb

mengen
* to mix, blend
    Synonyms: blenden, mêleren, mixen
    Hij mengde de ingrediënten voor het brood.He mixed the ingredients for the bread.
    Ze mengde verschillende kleuren om de perfecte tint te krijgen.She blended different colors to get the perfect shade.
    Je moet de olie en azijn goed mengen voor de saladedressing.You need to mix the oil and vinegar well for the salad dressing.

#### Derived terms

* mengsel
* mengvoeder
* mengeling

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: meng
* Negerhollands: mengel, mingel

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German mengen, from Old High German mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *monk-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to press, knead”). Cognates include Dutch mengen and English ming, meng, mingle.

### Verb

mengen (weak, third-person singular present mengt, past tense mengte, past participle gemengt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to mix (substances and materials)
* (reflexive) to mingle

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* beimengen
* dazumengen
* durcheinandermengen
* durchmengen
* einmengen
* Gemenge
* hineinmengen
* untermengen
* vermengen
* zusammenmengen

### Further reading

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

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology 1

From Old High German meinen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmæŋən/

#### Verb

mengen (third-person singular present mengt, past participle gemengt, auxiliary verb hunn)
* to mean; to intend
    Wann ech dat soen, mengen ech et och.When I say that, I mean it.
* to think; to believe; to be of the opinion that
    Ech hu gemengt, datt et schonn ze spéit wier.I thought it was already too late.
* to say; to comment
    Hien huet gemengt, dat wier eng domm Iddi.He said it was a stupid idea.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeŋən/

#### Determiner

mengen
* first-person singular possessive pronoun, dative case, plural object: my
    Ech wunnen nach bei mengen Elteren.I still live with my parents.

#### See also

| | nominative / accusative | nominative / accusative | nominative / accusative | nominative / accusative | dative | dative | dative | dative |
| | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
| 1st person singular | mäin | meng | mäin | meng | mengem | menger | mengem | mengen |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | däin | deng | däin | deng | dengem | denger | dengem | dengen |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Ären | Är | Äert | Är | Ärem | Ärer | Ärem | Ären |
| 3rd person singular (m/n) | säin | seng | säin | seng | sengem | senger | sengem | sengen |
| 3rd person singular (f) | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |
| 1st person plural | eisen | eis | eist | eis | eisem | eiser | eisem | eisen |
| 2nd person plural | ären | är | äert | är | ärem | ärer | ärem | ären |
| 3rd person plural | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren |

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan.

### Verb

mengen
* to mix
* to unify
* to confuse

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* mingen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: mengen
** Afrikaans: meng
** Negerhollands: mengel, mingel
* Limburgish: minge

### Further reading

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