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malen
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch mālen, from Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.
Verb
malen
- (transitive) to grind
- (intransitive, informal) to worry, overthink
- Synonym: tobben
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mâlen, from Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).
Verb
malen
Conjugation
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
malen
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, 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
Verb
malen (weak, third-person singular present malt, past tense malte, past participle gemalt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to paint (do paintwork)
- (transitive or intransitive) to paint (create a painting)
- (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
- Synonym: (more strictly correct) zeichnen
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.
Verb
mālen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *mālon, denominative of *māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl (modern maal).
Verb
mâlen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “malen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “malen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “malen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “malen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
malen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present melet, past tense muol, past participle gemalen, past subjunctive müele, auxiliary hān)
- (transitive) [with accusative] to grind
Conjugation
Descendants
- German: mahlen
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
malen m sg
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
malen m sg
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
màlen (Cyrillic spelling ма̀лен, definite màlenī, comparative mȁnjī)
Declension
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Further reading
- “malen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Swedish
Pronunciation
Participle
malen
- past participle of mala
Noun
malen
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