machen

Meaning

(transitive,weak) to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
(transitive,weak) to make, prepare (food, drinks, etc.)
(informal,transitive,weak) to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation)
(transitive,weak) to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun
(transitive,weak) to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound)
(transitive,weak) to make, to cause
(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)
(transitive,weak) to make (to cause to be)
(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))
(transitive,weak) to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally)
(colloquial,informal,transitive,weak) to come to, to total, to cost (to require the payment of)
(transitive,weak) to make, to be (the result of a calculation)
(colloquial,informal,transitive,weak) to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
(transitive,weak) to be, to play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
(colloquial,transitive,weak) to signify, to mean [with nichts, viel, etc.] (translated idiomatically as English (not) matter)
(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))
(euphemistic,informal,intransitive,weak) to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
(reflexive,weak) to do, to fare
(reflexive,weak) to look (to have an appearance of being)
(colloquial,dative,reflexive,weak) to get cracking (on/with), to get a move on (it), to get down (to)
(imperative,weak) come on, let's go

make

produce

yield

be guilty of

have a child

like this

prepare for

try to

be effective

be efficacious

do the same

engage in

have effect

pass oneself off

do like

be just about to

be just starting to

attempt to

be about

be about to

comport

declare

follow out

erledigen

herreichen

in Ordnung bringen

tätig sein

wirksam sein

Wirkung ausüben

einen Ausflug halten

zu Stande bringen

sich begnügen

sich begeben

sich widmen

sich behelfen

vorlieb nehmen

sich einfinden

heranreifen

sich belaufen auf

sich fühlen

sich verhalten

mänglowieren

gut machen

so machen

was tun

werden lassen

anbequemen

verfahren, wirken, vorgehen, handeln, agieren

sich behelfen{vr}

auf Stapel legen

gut entwickeln

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaxən/

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 English make.