Verb

melden

Translation

to report, to register, to announce, to get in touch

Er meldete den Diebstahl gestern.

He reported the theft yesterday.

Sie meldete sich telefonisch bei mir.

She got in touch with me by phone.

Der Kapitän meldete Land in Sicht.

The captain reported land in sight.

((sth.)) ((to sb.)) to report sth. to sb. He reports the accident to the police.

sich ((bei+3)) to get in touch with sb. The witness gets in touch with the police.

sich ((zu+3)) to ask to speak (e.g. in a meeting) The student asks to speak.

sich to answer (the phone) He answers the phone with his name.

Synonyms: berichten (to report), mitteilen (to inform); Antonyms: verschweigen (to conceal)

From Old High German 'meldōn' (to announce), related to some senses of the English word 'meld'.

Think of 'melding' information to an authority, i.e., reporting it.