Dictionary
mach
Meaning
singular imperative of machen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/max/
New
machen
- to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
- to make, prepare (food, drinks, etc.)
- (informal) to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation)
- to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun
- to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound)
- to make, to cause
- to cause [with dative ‘for/in someone’ and accusative abstract noun ‘fear, pain, difficulty, happiness, etc.’] (often translated idiomatically with English make followed by an adjective)
- to make (to cause to be)
- to make (to transform) [with accusative ‘something’ and aus (+ dative) ‘from something else’] (often translated idiomatically with English turn (something into something else))
- to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally)
- (colloquial,informal) to come to, to total, to cost (to require the payment of)
- to make, to be (the result of a calculation)
- (colloquial,informal) to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
- to be, to play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
- (colloquial) to signify, to mean [with nichts, viel, etc.] (translated idiomatically as English (not) matter)
- (informal) to make, to make oneself out to be, to act, to play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way))
- (informal) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
- to do, to fare
- to look (to have an appearance of being)
- (colloquial) to get cracking (on/with), to get a move on (it), to get down (to)
- come on, let's go
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