English-German translation for "mete"

"mete" German translation

„mete“: transitive verb

mete

[miːt]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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ab-, aus-, durchmessen ermessen

examples

usually | meistmeist meist mete out

zumessen (todative (case) | Dativ dat)

usually | meistmeist meist mete out
to metesomething | etwas sth out tosomebody | jemand sb in small portions

jemandemsomething | etwas etwas in kleinen Mengen zumessen

to metesomething | etwas sth out tosomebody | jemand sb in small portions
to mete out punishment

Strafe zumessen

to mete out punishment

(ab-, aus-, durch)messen
mete measure poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet

mete measure poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet

ermessen
mete estimate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

mete estimate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

„mete“: noun | plural

mete

[miːt]noun | Substantiv susually | meist meistplural | Plural pl obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

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Maßneuter | Neutrum n
mete

Grenzefeminine | Femininum f
mete

mete

examples

to know one’s metes and bounds figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig

seine Grenzen kennen, Maßand | und u. Ziel kennen

to know one’s metes and bounds figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig

Synonyms for "mete"

delimitation, boundary line, borderline, border

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