mahlen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German malen, maln, from Old High German malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną (to grind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːlən
  • Homophone: malen
  • Hyphenation: mah‧len

Verb

mahlen (mixed, third-person singular present mahlt, past tense mahlte, past participle gemahlen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to grind

Usage notes

  • This verb was conjugated as a class 6 strong verb (er mählt/muhl) up through the 17th century. Today the only remnant of this is the strong past participle gemahlen.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • mahlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mahlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mahlen” in Duden online
  • mahlen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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