drillen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɪlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dril‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch *thrillen, from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (through, over).[1] Compare English thrill.

Verb

drillen

  1. (transitive) to make vibrate, as with a pneumatic drill
  2. (intransitive) to operate a pneumatic drill
  3. (transitive) to drill, instruct by arduous exercise, notably in military context or style
  4. (transitive) to domineer
Inflection
Conjugation of drillen (weak)
infinitive drillen
past singular drilde
past participle gedrild
infinitive drillen
gerund drillen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular drildrilde
2nd person sing. (jij) driltdrilde
2nd person sing. (u) driltdrilde
2nd person sing. (gij) driltdrilde
3rd person singular driltdrilde
plural drillendrilden
subjunctive sing.1 drilledrilde
subjunctive plur.1 drillendrilden
imperative sing. dril
imperative plur.1 drilt
participles drillendgedrild
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: drill
  • Papiamentu: drel, dril

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drillen

  1. plural of dril

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Seemingly from Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch drillen. The verb may have existed in Middle High German, but only a strong past participle gedrollen (round) is attested. The Upper German dialects have a verb trillen, which is probably a variant of drillen (compare Dutch drillen and trillen; English thrill and trill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁɪlən/, [ˈdʁɪlən], [ˈdʁɪl̩n]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Verb

drillen (weak, third-person singular present drillt, past tense drillte, past participle gedrillt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to twist (a rope)
  2. (military) to drill
  3. (technical, not general) to bore

Conjugation

Further reading

  • drillen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • drillen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • drillen” in Duden online
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