Breakdown of Der Arzt hat mein Gewicht gemessen.
haben
to have
mein
my
der Arzt
the doctor
messen
to measure
das Gewicht
the weight
Questions & Answers about Der Arzt hat mein Gewicht gemessen.
Why is the past participle gemessen and not gemesst?
messen (to measure) is a strong (irregular) verb. Instead of taking the regular -t ending for the past participle, it is formed with ge- + the verb stem + -en.
If the past participle is gemessen, does the vowel change in the present tense?
Yes, it does! messen is a stem-changing verb. While the "e" stays the same in the past participle, it changes to an "i" in the present tense for the second and third person singular: du misst (you measure) and er/sie/es misst (he/she/it measures).
Why is it mein Gewicht instead of meinen Gewicht here?
Gewicht is a neuter noun (das Gewicht). In this sentence, it is the direct object, so it takes the accusative case. For neuter words in the accusative, the possessive pronoun mein does not take any extra endings.
Is Gewicht messen the most natural way to say this in German?
It is grammatically correct and perfectly understandable, but a native speaker would usually just use the verb wiegen (to weigh) and say Der Arzt hat mich gewogen (The doctor weighed me). You typically use messen in a medical context for things like blood pressure (den Blutdruck messen) or temperature (Fieber messen).
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