melden
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *meldon (attested in maltho (“I declare”)), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛldə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden
- (transitive) to report, to communicate; let know
- De medewerker meldde de fraude anoniem bij de politie.
- The employee reported the embezzlement anonymously to the police.
- (transitive, Suriname, informal) to inform, to let know, to give an update
- Meld me als je wilt gaan.
- Please let me know whether you want to go.
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: mèldu
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 meldōn, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛldən/, [ˈmɛl.dn̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden (weak, third-person singular present meldet, past tense meldete, past participle gemeldet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to report, to inform about
- (transitive) to tell on (someone)
- Synonyms: anzeigen, denunzieren, verpfeifen, verpetzen
- (transitive, card games) to announce (some situation or predicted result)
- Synonym: ansagen
- Ich hatte Kontra gemeldet.
- I had doubled.
- (reflexive) to come forward, volunteer, enlist
- (reflexive) to put one's hand up (e.g. in school)
- Synonym: aufzeigen
- (reflexive, with auf (with)) to answer (an advertisement etc.)
- (reflexive, often with bei (to)) to report (announce oneself, especially to a superior)
- Herr Leutnant, Sie sollen sich beim Kommandeur melden.
- Lieutenant, sir, you've been asked to report to the commander.
- (reflexive, often with bei (with)) to get or stay in touch, touch base, get back to (make contact)
- Synonyms: von sich hören lassen, sich rühren
- Meldet euch, wenn ihr da seid!
- Give us a call when you have arrived!
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- abmelden
- anmelden
- gesundmelden
- krankmelden
- Melden
- Meldung
- nachmelden
- rückmelden
- ummelden
- vermelden
- vormelden
- weitermelden
- wiedermelden
- zurückmelden
- zwischenmelden
Further reading
- “melden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “melden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “melden” in Duden online
- “melden” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “melden”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *meldon, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
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: mèlje
Further reading
- “melden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “melden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN