das Malen

painting

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painting The nominalized infinitive of „malen“ (to paint), referring to the activity of painting. It is a neuter noun and is capitalized.
GE: Das Malen macht mir viel Freude.
EN: Painting gives me a lot of joy.

Das Malen war sehr interessant.

Painting was very interesting.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Maria bringt mir das Malen bei.

Maria teaches me how to paint.

Tom liebt das Malen.

Tom loves painting.

Tom bringt mir das Malen bei.

Tom is teaching me how to paint.

Ich liebe das Malen über alles.

I love painting more than anything.