tellen

English

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Etymology

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Noun

tellen (plural tellens)

  1. (zoology) Archaic spelling of tellin.

References

tellen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

tellen

  1. (transitive) to count, to enumerate
  2. (transitive) to determine the number of
  3. (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance
Inflection
Conjugation of tellen (weak)
infinitive tellen
past singular telde
past participle geteld
infinitive tellen
gerund tellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular teltelde
2nd person sing. (jij) telttelde
2nd person sing. (u) telttelde
2nd person sing. (gij) telttelde
3rd person singular telttelde
plural tellentelden
subjunctive sing.1 telletelde
subjunctive plur.1 tellentelden
imperative sing. tel
imperative plur.1 telt
participles tellendgeteld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: tel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tali
  • Negerhollands: tel
  • Sranan Tongo: teri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tellen

  1. plural of tel

Galician

Verb

tellen

  1. inflection of tellar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Cognate with Dutch tellen, German zählen, West Frisian telle, English tell, Danish tælle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlːən/

Verb

tellen (past singular tell, past participle tellt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch tellen

Verb

tellen

  1. to count, to calculate
  2. to count as, to consider as
  3. to tell, to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • tellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tellen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English tellan, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

tellen

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon tellian. Cognate with Dutch tellen and English tell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tellən/, [t(ʰ)elˠːə̃n] or IPA(key): /tɛllən/, [t(ʰ)ɛlˠːə̃n]
  • The raising of [ɛ] to [e] might have been blocked by /lC/, as this combination prevented a lowering of [ʊ] to [ɔ].

Verb

tellen

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Descendants

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *talljan.

Verb

tellen

  1. to tell, to say
  2. to count

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • tellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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