machen

German (Berlin)

/ˈmaxən/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (transitive) to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
  • (transitive) to make, prepare
  • (transitive) to do, perform, carry out to execute, to put into operation (an action)
  • (transitive) to do; indicates an activity associated with a noun
  • (transitive) to go to make the (specified) sound
  • (transitive) to make to cause or compel (to do something)
  • (transitive) to cause to set off an event or action or produce as a result
  • (transitive) to make to cause to be
  • (transitive) to make transform from one thing into another
  • (transitive) to make to have as a feature
  • (transitive) to come to, total, cost to require the payment of
  • (transitive) to make, be the result of a calculation
  • (transitive) to make to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.
  • (transitive) to be, play to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance
  • (transitive) to matter to be important
  • (intransitive) to make, make oneself out to be, act, play to behave so as to give an appearance of being, to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)
  • (intransitive) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go to defecate or urinate
  • (reflexive) to do to fare or perform (well or poorly)
  • (reflexive) to look to have an appearance of being
  • (reflexive) to get cracking (an (an) (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (an) (“to”)) (something); in imperative: come on, let's go

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German mahhōn (do, make) inherited from *makōn (work, make, build) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (knead, make, mix, work, great, press).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mag-

Gloss

knead, make, mix, work, great, press

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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