malen

Meaning

1. (intransitive,weak) to paint (do paintwork)
2. (intransitive,transitive,weak) to paint (create a painting)
3. (broadly,weak) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)

Concepts

paint

draw

colour

color

design

portray

draft

lacquer

make up

mark

outline

plaster

sketch

smear

spread

varnish

brush

paint

coat

🧥

decorate

delineate

depict

describe

Synonyms

zeichnen

anstreichen

streichen

anmalen

bemalen

porträtieren

saugen

färben

skizzieren

pinseln

bildlich darstellen

abmalen

abzeichnen

ausmalen

darstellen

entwerfen

glasieren

schildern

schminken

stuckieren

tünchen

firnissen

bewerfen

malern

schroten

feinmahlen

ausschmücken

zerbrechen

dekorieren

schikanieren

abbilden

sich amüsieren

schmücken

Kleinigkeiten

stampfen

beschmieren

Dialects

Aargau

mööggele

Basel-Landschaft

moole

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaːlən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: mālen

Inherited from Old High German: mālōn

Cognate with Dutch: maal

Cognate with Lithuanian: melas

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μέλας

In summary

From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (compare Dutch maal), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”) (compare Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”)).