machen

Meaning

1. (transitive, weak) to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
2. (transitive, weak) to make, prepare (food, drinks, etc.)
3. (informal, transitive, weak) to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation)
4. (transitive, weak) to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun
5. (transitive, weak) to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound)
6. (transitive, weak) to make, to cause
7. (transitive, weak) 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)
8. (transitive, weak) to make (to cause to be)
9. (transitive, weak) to make (to transform) [with accusative ‘something’ and aus (+ dative) ‘from something else’] (often translated idiomatically with English turn (something into something else))
10. (transitive, weak) to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally)
11. (colloquial, informal, transitive, weak) to come to, to total, to cost (to require the payment of)
12. (transitive, weak) to make, to be (the result of a calculation)
13. (colloquial, informal, transitive, weak) to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
14. (transitive, weak) to be, to play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
15. (colloquial, transitive, weak) to signify, to mean [with nichts, viel, etc.] (translated idiomatically as English (not) matter)
16. (informal, intransitive, weak) 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))
17. (euphemistic, informal, intransitive, weak) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
18. (reflexive, weak) to do, to fare
19. (reflexive, weak) to look (to have an appearance of being)
20. (colloquial, dative, reflexive, weak) to get cracking (on/with), to get a move on (it), to get down (to)
21. (imperative, weak) come on, let's go

Concepts

make

do

produce

work

create

engender

cause

act

set up

construct

render

build

manufacture

perform

establish

induce

go

generate

score

set

put

raise

bear

🐻

move

play

behave

deal

give

yield

bring about

array

administer

arrange

provoke

bring forth

accord

provide

allow

originate

perpetrate

confer

accommodate

make up

grant

impart

afford

implement

commit

fabricate

donate

Synonyms

tun

herstellen

anfertigen

leiten

zurücklegen

erzeugen

produzieren

veranlassen

bauen

verursachen

bereiten

schaffen

hervorbringen

stellen

einrichten

spielen

aufbauen

handeln

hervorrufen

fabrizieren

durchführen

bewirken

arbeiten

einführen

erledigen

angeben

geben

installieren

erbauen

errichten

erstellen

einsetzen

konstruieren

verabreichen

übergeben

herbeiführen

herreichen

agieren

bilden

überantworten

vorbereiten

generieren

gestalten

setzen

spenden

gestatten

erteilen

anvertrauen

aufführen

legen

Translations

faire

hacer

fare

fazer

maken

fer

yapmak

doen

aanmaken

produire

executar

etmek

poser

producir

Dialects

Zürich

mache

Bern

mache

Aargau

mache

St. Gallen

mache

Lucerne

mache

Basel-Landschaft

mache

Zürich

machä

Zug

mache

Solothurn

mache

Bern

machä

Graubünden

macha

Basel-Stadt

mache

Appenzell Innerrhoden

mache

St. Gallen

macha

St. Gallen

tue

Schaffhausen

machä

Schwyz

mache

Basel-Stadt

machä

Thurgau

machä

Thurgau

mache

Valais

machu

Aargau

machä

Fribourg

mache

Basel-Landschaft

due

Obwalden

machä

St. Gallen

machä

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaxən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: machen

Inherited from Old High German: mahhōn

Cognate with English: make

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German machen, from Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”). Cognate with Dutch maken, Low German maken, English make.

Sentences

Was hätte ich denn sonst machen sollen ?

What else should I have done?

Man sollte Musik machen , die man selber fühlt .

You should make music that you feel yourself.

Da hilft nur Augen zu machen und immer nach vorne blicken .

It only helps to make eyes and always look ahead.

Der Kunde ist König , und das sollte er sich hin und wieder bewusst machen .

The customer is king, and he should be aware of this every now and then.

Diese Aktion bitte rückgängig machen .

Please undo this action.

Wenn du willst , kannst du ja mal ein Praktikum bei mir machen .

If you want, you can do an internship with me.