Translation

1. to make, to produce, to create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.) transitive, weak

   Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht!

   I made you a pie!

   Du hast einen Fehler gemacht.

   You made a mistake.

2. to make, prepare (food, drinks, etc.) transitive, weak

   Machst du heute das Essen?

   Are you making dinner today?

   sich eine Pizza machen

   to prepare a pizza for oneself

3. to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation) informal, transitive, weak

   Mach es!

   Do it!

   Das hat er ganz allein gemacht!

   He did that all by himself!

   ein Experiment machen

   to perform an experiment

4. to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun transitive, weak

   Sport machen

   do sports

   eine Party machen

   have a party

5. to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound) transitive, weak

   Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an.

   The car went "boom" and stopped.

6. to make, to cause transitive, weak

   Sie hat mich lachen gemacht.

   She made me laugh.

   Deine Witze machen, dass ich lächle.

   Your jokes make me smile.

7. 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) transitive, weak

   Die Nacht macht mir Angst.

   Night makes me afraid.

8. to make (to cause to be) transitive, weak

   Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig.

   This movie makes me sleepy.

9. to make (to transform) [with accusative ‘something’ and aus (+ dative) ‘from something else’] (often translated idiomatically with English turn (something into something else)) transitive, weak

   Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen.

   The mill turns wheat into flower.

10. to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally) transitive, weak

    Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve.

    The road makes a turn to the left ahead.

11. to come to, to total, to cost (to require the payment of) colloquial, informal, transitive, weak

    Wie viel macht das?

    How much does that come to?

12. to make, to be (the result of a calculation) transitive, weak

    Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf.

    Seven plus five makes twelve.

13. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.) colloquial, informal, transitive, weak

    Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat.

    Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month.

14. to be, to play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance) transitive, weak
15. to signify, to mean [with nichts, viel, etc.] (translated idiomatically as English (not) matter) colloquial, transitive, weak

    Das macht nichts!

    That doesn't matter!

16. 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)) informal, intransitive, weak

    Jetzt macht er auf Elder Statesman.

    Now he's playing the elder statesman.

17. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate) euphemistic, informal, intransitive, weak

    groß machen

    to go poop

    klein machen

    to go pee

18. to do, to fare reflexive, weak

    Machen Sie sich gut?

    Are you doing well?

    »A propos, wie geht es dem Kinde?« / »Danke, Tom, es macht sich; […]«.

    "How is the child?" / "Doing nicely, Tom. […] "

19. to look (to have an appearance of being) reflexive, weak

    Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön.

    The coat looks very nice.

20. to get cracking (on/with), to get a move on (it), to get down (to) colloquial, dative, reflexive, weak
21. come on, let's go imperative, weak

Conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive i

Subjunctive ii

Imperative

Translation

1. gerund of machen form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

Declension