# die Messlatte

die Messlatte is a German noun meaning “measuring pole”. Forms: der Messlatte, die Messlatten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Messlatte
- Plural: die Messlatten

## In other languages

- Русский: нивелирная рейка, мерная рейка

## Meanings

1. measuring pole, yardstick, especially a stationary one (e.g. for measuring body height)
   - An dieser Messlatte ist eingezeichnet, wie stark in welchem Jahr das Hochwasser war. — On this measuring pole there are marks to show how high the flooding was in what year.
2. the diagonal bar over which the athlete attempts to jump
3. threshold, bar, standard
   - die Messlatte höher legen — to raise the bar, set a higher standard

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Messlatte