mästen
German, verb
mästen is spelled M-Ä-S-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mästen is a German verb meaning “to fatten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Masten is a different word: “plural of Mast”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schlachtvieh zur Fleischproduktion füttern”.
What does mästen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fatten
noun
- 1
plural of Mast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Schlachtvieh zur Fleischproduktion füttern 2. Mensch oder Tier übersättigen beziehungsweise überfüttern
verb: 1. mit einem tragenden Pfeiler (Mast) versehen
verb: 1. dick, feist werden/machen
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 mästen
- mästet present singular third-person
- mästete past
- gemästet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mästend participle present
- mäste first-person indicative present
- mästest indicative present second-person
- mästeten first-person indicative plural
- mästetest indicative preterite second-person
- mästetet indicative plural preterite
- mäst imperative second-person singular
- habe gemästet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemästet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mäste! imperative singular
- mästet! imperative plural
- gemästet haben active infinitive perfect
- gemästet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gemästet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mästen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mästen in German?
mästen appears 2.0 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).