# messen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛsən

### Noun

messen
* plural of mes

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsn̩/, /ˈmɛsən/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mes‧sen
* Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

### Verb

messen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst, past tense maß, past participle gemessen, past subjunctive mäße, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to measure (something)
* (reflexive) to compete
    sich mit jemandem messen ― to compete with someone
* (intransitive) to measure; to be a given size, height, width, length, etc.
    Der Tisch misst 160 Zentimeter.The table measures 160 centimeters.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* abmessen
* anmessen
* aufmessen
* ausmessen
* beimessen
* bemessen
* durchmessen
* einmessen
* ermessen
* Maß
* Messer
* nachmessen
* vermessen
* zumessen

### Further reading

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

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* metsszen

### Etymology

metsz +‎ -jen (personal suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛʃːɛn]
* Hyphenation: mes‧sen

### Verb

messen
* third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of metsz

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From a mixture of Old French messiier and Old English mæssian. Equivalent to messe (“mass”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* massen, meassen, massy

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsən/

#### Verb

messen
* To hold Mass (the service) or the Eucharist (the sacrament)

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) messen, messe | (to) messen, messe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | messe | messed |
| 2nd-person singular | messest | messedest |
| 3rd-person singular | messeth | messed |
| subjunctive singular | messe | messed |
| imperative singular | messe | — |
| plural$^1$ | messen, messe | messeden, messede |
| imperative plural | messeth, messe | — |
| participles | messynge, messende | messed, ymessed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### 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

* messe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsən/

#### Verb

messen
* To deliver food to a table; to serve up food.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) messen, messe | (to) messen, messe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | messe | messed |
| 2nd-person singular | messest | messedest |
| 3rd-person singular | messeth | messed |
| subjunctive singular | messe | messed |
| imperative singular | messe | — |
| plural$^1$ | messen, messe | messeden, messede |
| imperative plural | messeth, messe | — |
| participles | messynge, messende | messed, ymessed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: mess

##### References

* “messen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

### Etymology 3

From masse +‎ -en (plural ending).

#### Noun

messen
* plural of masse (“mass”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* messa

### Noun

messen m or f
* definite masculine singular of messe

## Swedish
### Noun

messen
* definite plural of mess

### Anagrams

* mesens