Polyglot Dictionary

mahlen

/ˈmaːlən/

verb B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
mahlt
past
mahlte
perfect
hat gemahlen

Meaning

  1. to grind

    • Sie mahlt frischen Kaffee.

      She grinds fresh coffee.

    • Die Mühle mahlt das Getreide zu Mehl. Das Wasserrad treibt sie an.

      The mill grinds the grain into flour. The water wheel drives it.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

knirschen

Both involve grinding — knirschen is the crunching/grinding sound (gravel underfoot, grinding teeth); mahlen is the mechanical process of grinding something into smaller pieces (coffee, grain).

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

moer

moer is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to grind."

Portuguese

triturar

triturar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to grind."

Practice

1 What does mahlen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ frischen Kaffee.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mahlen?

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