machen.
to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
Meaning & usage
to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht!
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht.
to make, prepare (food, drinks, etc.)
Machst du heute das Essen?
sich eine Pizza machen
to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation)
Mach es!
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht!
to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun
Sport machen
eine Party machen
to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound)
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an.
to make, to cause
Sie hat mich lachen gemacht.
Deine Witze machen, dass ich lächle.
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)
Die Nacht macht mir Angst.
to make (to cause to be)
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig.
to make (to transform) [with accusative ‘something’ and aus (+ dative) ‘from something else’] (often translated idiomatically with English turn (something into something else))
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen.
to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally)
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve.
to come to, to total, to cost (to require the payment of)
Wie viel macht das?
to make, to be (the result of a calculation)
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf.
to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat.
to be, to play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
to signify, to mean [with nichts, viel, etc.] (translated idiomatically as English (not) matter)
Das macht nichts!
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))
Jetzt macht er auf Elder Statesman.
to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
groß machen
klein machen
to do, to fare
Machen Sie sich gut?
to look (to have an appearance of being)
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön.
So eine Lücke macht sich nicht gut im Lebenslauf.
to work out, to be manageable, to be sensible
to get cracking (on/with), to get a move on (it), to get down (to)
come on, let's go
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn Old High German mahhōn Middle High German machen German machen 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.
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