German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔlɐn], [ˈkɔlərn]
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Etymology 1 edit

Either onomatopoeic or denominal from Koller ascribing an angry disposition to the creature that utters such sounds.

Verb edit

kollern (weak, third-person singular present kollert, past tense kollerte, past participle gekollert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to gobble (to make the characteristic sound of a turkey)
    • 1982, Gudrun Embacher, Der Narr Wohlgemuth, Berg / Starnberger See: Hohenstaufen Verlag, →ISBN, page 180:
      Hinten im Wirtschaftshof kollerte ein Truthahn, der sehr nahe Ombrone zerrte ärgerlich murrend an den Uferrändern und unterwusch den Wasen und kaute große Stücke ab; es war kalt, die Bergketten des Apennin bis tief herunter verschneit, das Tal lehmgrau und da und dort auch düster grün, fast schmutziggrün, wo sich Pinien zu einem lockeren Wäldchen gesellten.
      Back in the yard a turkey gobbled, the very close Ombrone tore irately at the shores and undercut the lawn and gnawed off large chunks of it; it was cold, the mountain ranges of the Apennine snowy up to the very bottom, the valley clay-gray and here and there also of an eerie green tint, almost dirty-green, where pines join a sparse forest.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

kollern (weak, third-person singular present kollert, past tense kollerte, past participle gekollert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (regional or dated) Alternative form of kullern
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Koller +‎ -en

Verb edit

kollern (weak, third-person singular present kollert, past tense kollerte, past participle gekollert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (veterinary medicine) to have staggers or megrims (of a horse)
Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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