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mahlen

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to grind
Usage notes
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  • 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.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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

  1. obsolete spelling of malen (to paint)

Further reading

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  • mahlen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • mahlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mahlen” in Duden online
  • mahlen” in OpenThesaurus.de