beimessen

German

Etymology

bei- +‎ messen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaimɛsən/

Verb

beimessen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present misst bei, past tense maß bei, past participle beigemessen, past subjunctive mäße bei, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to attach, to attribute, to ascribe [with dative ‘to something’]
    Du solltest diesem Zwischenfall nicht zu große Bedeutung beimessen.
    You shouldn’t attach too much importance to that incident.

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