telg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch telg, from Middle Dutch telch, from Old Dutch *telg, from Proto-Germanic *telguz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛlχ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

telg (plural telge, diminutive telgie)

  1. (literary) scion, child

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch telch, from Old Dutch *telg, from Proto-West Germanic *telguʀ, from Proto-Germanic *telguz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛlx/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: telg
  • Rhymes: -ɛlx

Noun

telg f (plural telgen, diminutive telgje n)

  1. descendant, scion
    een telg van een beroemd geslacht -- sion

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: telg

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (“tallow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /telɡ/, [teɫɣ]

Noun

telg m

  1. dye

Declension
Declension of telg (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative telg telgas
accusative telg telgas
genitive telges telga
dative telge telgum

Derived terms
  • ġetelged
  • telgan (“to dye”)
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