malen

See also: Malen and målen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən
  • Homophone: Malen

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Verb

malen

  1. to grind
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: maal
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
  • Negerhollands: maal

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (spot, stain), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).

Verb

malen

  1. (obsolete) to paint
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

malen

  1. plural of maal
  2. plural of male

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German mālōn, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), denominative of māl (spot, stain), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (compare Dutch maal), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (dark color) (compare Lithuanian mė́las (black), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, dark-colored, black)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːlən/
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  • Rhymes: -aːlən
  • Homophone: mahlen

Verb

malen (weak, third-person singular present malt, past tense malte, past participle gemalt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to paint (do paintwork)
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to paint (create a painting)
  3. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
    Synonym: (more strictly correct) zeichnen

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • malen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • malen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • malen” in Duden online
  • malen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • malen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Verb

mālen

  1. to grind
  2. to mill
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: male

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (spot, stain), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).

Verb

mâlen

  1. to paint
  2. to sculpt
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: maole

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

malen m sg

  1. definite singular of mal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malen m sg

  1. definite singular of mal

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Variant of mal, from mal + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎlen/
  • Hyphenation: mal‧en

Adjective

màlen (definite màlenī, comparative mȁnjī, Cyrillic spelling ма̀лен)

  1. small
    Antonym: velik

Declension

Further reading

  • malen” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (verb form) IPA(key): [ˈmɑːlˌɛn]
  • (noun form) IPA(key): [ˈmɑːl.ən]

Participle

malen

  1. past participle of mala

Noun

malen

  1. definite singular of mal

Anagrams

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