Messer

See also: messer

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsɐ/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (“knife used for cutting food”), from *matiz (“food”) + *sahsą (“knife, dagger”). Cognate with Old Saxon metisahs, mezas (“knife”), West Frisian mês, Dutch mes (“knife”), Old English meteseax (“knife”). See also meat, sax.

Noun

Messer n (genitive Messers, plural Messer)

  1. knife
Declension
Derived terms

See also

  • Kneif

Etymology 2

From the verb messen

Noun

Messer m (genitive Messers, plural Messer)

  1. agent noun of messen
    1. measurer, surveyor
    2. gauge, meter
Declension
Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Noun

Messer n (plural Messeren, diminutive Messerchen)

  1. knife

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Messer, Dutch mes.

Noun

Messer n (plural Messer)

  1. knife
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