billen

Danish

Noun

billen c

  1. definite singular of bille

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪ.lə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bil‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch billen, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Related to Old Norse bíldr (“bloodletting knife”).

Verb

billen

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone
    • 2007, Traditie, page 18:
      Ze vraagt het de molenaar en die vertelt haar dat de molen gebild is. (Billen is het scherpen van de molenstenen.)
      She asks the miller, and they tell her that the mill has been billed. (Billing is sharpening of the millstones.)
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From bil.

Verb

billen

  1. (transitive) to bed, to have sex with
    • 2007, Traditie, page 18:
      Hij voegt er aan toe dat zij ook wel sneller zou zijn als ze gebild zou zijn. Dat wil het onervaren meisje wel en betaalt de molenaar om haar te billen (beslapen) (volksverhalenbank TAM182).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

billen

  1. plural of bil

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as billeg (“to sway, waggle”) +‎ -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbilːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: bil‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

billen

  1. (intransitive) to tilt, slant, lean, swing, dip (used with lative suffixes; to move suddenly from one direction to another due to a change in its equilibrium)
    Synonyms: megdől, dől, lendül, hanyatlik, csuklik
    Merre billen a mérleg? ― Which way will the scale dip?

Conjugation
conjugation of billen
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billenek billensz billen billenünk billentek billennek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. billentem billentél billent billentünk billentetek billentek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. billenni fog.
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. billenék billenél billene billenénk billenétek billenének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. billen vala, billent vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. billenendek billenendesz billenend billenendünk billenendetek billenendenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billennék billennél billenne billennénk billennétek billennének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. billent volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billenjek billenj or
billenjél		 billenjen billenjünk billenjetek billenjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. billent légyen
Infinitive billenni billennem billenned billennie billennünk billennetek billenniük
Other
forms		 Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
billenés billenő billent ― billenve (billenvén)
potential conjugation of billen
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billenhetek billenhetsz billenhet billenhetünk billenhettek billenhetnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. billenhettem billenhettél billenhetett billenhettünk billenhettetek billenhettek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. billenheték billenhetél billenhete billenheténk billenhetétek billenhetének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. billenhet vala, billenhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future		 Indef. billenhetendek
or billenandhatok 		billenhetendesz
or billenandhatsz		 billenhetend
or billenandhat		 billenhetendünk
or billenandhatunk		 billenhetendetek
or billenandhattok		 billenhetendenek
or billenandhatnak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billenhetnék billenhetnél billenhetne billenhetnénk billenhetnétek billenhetnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. billenhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. billenhessek billenhess or
billenhessél		 billenhessen billenhessünk billenhessetek billenhessenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. billenhetett légyen
Inf. (billenhetni) (billenhetnem) (billenhetned) (billenhetnie) (billenhetnünk) (billenhetnetek) (billenhetniük)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (billenhetve / billenhetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átbillen
  • elbillen
  • előrebillen
  • felbillen
  • félrebillen
  • hátrabillen
  • helyrebillen
  • kibillen
  • lebillen
  • megbillen
  • visszabillen

References
  1. billen in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading
  • billen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • billen in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bellan, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Icelandic belja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbilen/, [ˈbilən]
  • Rhymes: -ilən

Verb

billen (third-person singular present billt, past participle gebillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to bark

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive billen
participle gebillt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular billen —
2nd singular bills bill
3rd singular billt —
1st plural billen —
2nd plural billt billt
3rd plural billen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

billen m

  1. definite singular of bille
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