machte

Meaning

(first-person,form-of,preterite,singular,third-person) inflection of machen:
(first-person,form-of,singular,subjunctive-ii,third-person) inflection of machen:

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaxtə/

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machen

(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

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Sentences

Er machte Versuche mit durchschlagenden Stimmzungen.

He made attempts with piercing vocal tongues.

Savage machte ihren Abschluss an
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der University of Michigan in Kommunikationswissenschaften .

Savage graduated from the University of Michigan in Communication Sciences.

Pankow machte dazu die Musik
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und inszenierte es .

Pankow made the music and staged it.

Die Universitätsleitung machte es daher zur Auflage , sich einen anderen Namen zuzulegen .

The university management therefore made it a requirement to adopt a different name.

Vivien verstand immer noch nicht , worauf Ulla hinaus wollte , und machte ein fragendes Gesicht .

Vivien still didn't understand what Ulla was getting at and made a questioning face.

Neumann besuchte die Schule
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in Thüringen und machte danach eine Lehre zum Chemiefacharbeiter.

Neumann attended school in Thuringia and then completed an apprenticeship as a chemical worker.

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