quellen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | quellen | ||||
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present participle | quellend | ||||
past participle | gequollen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich quelle | wir quellen | i | ich quelle | wir quellen |
du quillst | ihr quellt | du quellest | ihr quellet | ||
er quillt | sie quellen | er quelle | sie quellen | ||
preterite | ich quoll | wir quollen | ii | ich quölle1 | wir quöllen1 |
du quollst | ihr quollt | du quöllest1 du quöllst1 |
ihr quöllet1 ihr quöllt1 | ||
er quoll | sie quollen | er quölle1 | sie quöllen1 | ||
imperative | quill (du) | quellt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.
Verb edit
quellen
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “quellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quellen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)
- To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
- To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
- (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
- (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “quellen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.