| Wurfmesser | throwing knife |
| Vermesser | surveyor |
| Waldmesser | puukko |
| Windmesser | anemometer |
| Wärmemesser | thermometer |
| Durchmesser | diameter |
| Würgeisen | garrote |
| Halbmesser | radius |
| Jätmesser | spud |
| Kittmesser | putty knife |
| Kochmesser | chef's knife |
| Käsemesser | cheese knife |
| Ramesses | Ramesses |
| zumessen | mete out |
| Beckmesser | Beckmesser carper carping critic |
| Brotmesser | bread knife |
| Buchmesse | book fair |
| Ermessen | discretion |
| Feldmesser | survival knife |
| Messer | knife gager gauger meter |