Polyglot Dictionary

Messung

/ˈmɛsʊŋ/

die noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Messungen

Meaning

  1. measurement

    • Die Messung ergab einen überraschenden Wert.

      The measurement produced a surprising value.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Maßnahme

Easily confused due to the shared "Maß-/Mess-" root: Messung is a measurement (the act of measuring); Maßnahme is a measure (an action taken).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

medida

medida is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "measurement, measure."

French

mesure

mesure is the French word for the same thing — both mean "measurement, measure."

Practice

1 What does Messung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ ergab einen überraschenden Wert.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Messung?

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