mahlen
German, verb/ˈmaːlən/
mahlen is spelled M-A-H-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mahlen is a German verb meaning “to grind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Material (mit einer Mühle) zerkleinern, indem es gerieben und gequetscht wird”.
What does mahlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Material (mit einer Mühle) zerkleinern, indem es gerieben und gequetscht wird 2. etwas durch Mahlen herstellen 3. etwas sehr langsam kauen 4. die Tätigkeit des Mahlens ausüben
verb: 1. allgemein etwas versprechen, über etwas eine Übereinkunft treffen 2. ein Heiratsversprechen geben, sich verloben 3. die Tochter einem Mann oder den Sohn einer Frau versprechen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mahlen
- mahlt present singular third-person
- mahlte past
- gemahlen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mahlend participle present
- mahle first-person indicative present
- mahlst indicative present second-person
- mahlest second-person singular subjunctive
- mahlet plural second-person subjunctive
- mahlten first-person indicative plural
- mahltest indicative preterite second-person
- mahltet indicative plural preterite
- mahl imperative second-person singular
- habe gemahlen first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemahlen first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mahle! imperative singular
- mahlt! imperative plural
- gemahlen haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mahlen?
- /ˈmaːlən/
- Germany [maːl̩n]
- /ˈmaːlɛn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mahlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mahlen in German?
mahlen appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).