German word
messen in German sentences
messen means "to measure" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Der Arzt misst den Puls des Patienten.
The doctor measures the patient's pulse.
Wir messen die Temperatur am Morgen.
We measure the temperature in the morning.
Lara misst den Abstand mit einem Lineal.
Lara measures the distance with a ruler.
Lara misst den Raum nicht ohne Maßband.
Lara does not measure the room without a tape measure.
Das Labor misst die Werte im Wasser.
The laboratory measures the values in the water.
Common mistake
Do not memorize only the infinitive messen. Read it in short sentences so word order and forms become familiar.