Polyglot Dictionary

machen

/ˈmaxn̩/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
macht
past
machte
perfect
hat gemacht

Meaning

  1. to make, to do

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

tun

Near-total overlap in "to do," but machen leans toward producing or creating something concrete ("ein Foto machen" — to take a photo), while tun is the more abstract, general-purpose "to do" ("das tut mir leid" — I'm sorry, literally "that does me pain").

Practice

1 What does machen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches machen?

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