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mengen

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Catalan

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mengen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of menjar

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch mengen, from Old Dutch *mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋən

Verb

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mengen

  1. to mix, blend
    Synonyms: blenden, mêleren, mixen
    Hij mengde de ingrediënten voor het brood.
    He mixed the ingredients for the bread.
    Ze mengde verschillende kleuren om de perfecte tint te krijgen.
    She blended different colors to get the perfect shade.
    Je moet de olie en azijn goed mengen voor de saladedressing.
    You need to mix the oil and vinegar well for the salad dressing.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mengen (weak)
infinitive mengen
past singular mengde
past participle gemengd
infinitive mengen
gerund mengen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meng mengde
2nd person sing. (jij) mengt, meng2 mengde
2nd person sing. (u) mengt mengde
2nd person sing. (gij) mengt mengde
3rd person singular mengt mengde
plural mengen mengden
subjunctive sing.1 menge mengde
subjunctive plur.1 mengen mengden
imperative sing. meng
imperative plur.1 mengt
participles mengend gemengd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: meng
  • Negerhollands: mengel, mingel

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mengen, from Old High German mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan, from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *monk-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (to press, knead). Cognates include Dutch mengen and English ming, meng, mingle.

Verb

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mengen (weak, third-person singular present mengt, past tense mengte, past participle gemengt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to mix (substances and materials)
  2. (reflexive) to mingle

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German meinen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mengen (third-person singular present mengt, past participle gemengt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to mean; to intend
    Wann ech dat soen, mengen ech et och.
    When I say that, I mean it.
  2. to think; to believe; to be of the opinion that
    Ech hu gemengt, datt et schonn ze spéit wier.
    I thought it was already too late.
  3. to say; to comment
    Hien huet gemengt, dat wier eng domm Iddi.
    He said it was a stupid idea.
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive mengen
participle gemengt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular mengen
2nd singular mengs meng
3rd singular mengt
1st plural mengen
2nd plural mengt mengt
3rd plural mengen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mengen

  1. first-person singular possessive pronoun, dative case, plural object: my
    Ech wunnen nach bei mengen Elteren.
    I still live with my parents.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *mengen, from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan.

Verb

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mengen

  1. to mix
  2. to unify
  3. to confuse

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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