mahlen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to grind

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

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Further reading[edit]

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