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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːlən
- Homophone: malen
- Hyphenation: mah‧len
Verb
mahlen (mixed, third-person singular present mahlt, past tense mahlte, past participle gemahlen, auxiliary haben)
- (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
infinitive | mahlen | ||||
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present participle | mahlend | ||||
past participle | gemahlen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich mahle | wir mahlen | i | ich mahle | wir mahlen |
du mahlst | ihr mahlt | du mahlest | ihr mahlet | ||
er mahlt | sie mahlen | er mahle | sie mahlen | ||
preterite | ich mahlte | wir mahlten | ii | ich mahlte1 | wir mahlten1 |
du mahltest | ihr mahltet | du mahltest1 | ihr mahltet1 | ||
er mahlte | sie mahlten | er mahlte1 | sie mahlten1 | ||
imperative | mahl (du) mahle (du) |
mahlt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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