melden
See also: Melden
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch melden, from Old Dutch *meldon (attested in maltho (“I declare”)), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛldə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden
- (transitive) to report, to communicate; let know
- De medewerker meldde de fraude anoniem bij de politie.
- The employee reported the embezzlement anonymously to the police.
- (transitive, Suriname, informal) to inform, to let know, to give an update
- Meld me als je wilt gaan.
- Please let me know whether you want to go.
Inflection
Conjugation of melden (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | melden | |||
past singular | meldde | |||
past participle | gemeld | |||
infinitive | melden | |||
gerund | melden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | meld | meldde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | meldt | meldde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | meldt | meldde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | meldt | meldde | ||
3rd person singular | meldt | meldde | ||
plural | melden | meldden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | melde | meldde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | melden | meldden | ||
imperative sing. | meld | |||
imperative plur.1 | meldt | |||
participles | meldend | gemeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: mèldu
German
Etymology
From Middle High German melden, from Old High German meldōn, meldēn, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛldən/, [ˈmɛl.dn̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mel‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛldən
Verb
melden (weak, third-person singular present meldet, past tense meldete, past participle gemeldet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to report, to inform about
- (transitive) to tell on (someone)
- Synonyms: anzeigen, denunzieren, verpfeifen, verpetzen
- (transitive, card games) to announce (some situation or predicted result)
- Synonym: ansagen
- Ich hatte Kontra gemeldet.
- I had doubled.
- (reflexive) to come forward, volunteer, enlist
- (reflexive) to put one's hand up (e.g. in school)
- Synonym: aufzeigen
- (reflexive, with auf (with)) to answer (an advertisement etc.)
- (reflexive, often with bei (to)) to report (announce oneself, especially to a superior)
- Herr Leutnant, Sie sollen sich beim Kommandeur melden.
- Lieutenant, sir, you've been asked to report to the commander.
- (reflexive, often with bei (with)) to get or stay in touch, touch base, get back to (make contact)
- Synonyms: von sich hören lassen, sich rühren
- Meldet euch, wenn ihr da seid!
- Give us a call when you have arrived!
Conjugation
infinitive | melden | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | meldend | ||||
past participle | gemeldet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich melde | wir melden | i | ich melde | wir melden |
du meldest | ihr meldet | du meldest | ihr meldet | ||
er meldet | sie melden | er melde | sie melden | ||
preterite | ich meldete | wir meldeten | ii | ich meldete1 | wir meldeten1 |
du meldetest | ihr meldetet | du meldetest1 | ihr meldetet1 | ||
er meldete | sie meldeten | er meldete1 | sie meldeten1 | ||
imperative | meld (du) melde (du) |
meldet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abmelden
- anmelden
- gesundmelden
- krankmelden
- Melden
- Meldung
- nachmelden
- rückmelden
- ummelden
- vermelden
- vormelden
- weitermelden
- wiedermelden
- zurückmelden
- zwischenmelden
Further reading
- “melden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “melden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “melden” in Duden online
- “melden” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “melden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *meldon, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: melden
- Limburgish: mèlje
Further reading
- “melden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “melden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
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