See also: Quellen and quëllen

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Etymology edit

From Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛln̩/, /ˈkvɛlən/
  • (file)

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quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)

  1. to well (issue forth, as water from the earth)
  2. to swell, to soak (expand by soaking up a liquid)

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  • quellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • quellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • quellen” in Duden online
  • quellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

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quellen

  1. to torment, to hurt, to torture

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  • Dutch: kwellen
  • Limburgish: kwèlle

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From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

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quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)

  1. To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
  2. To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
  3. (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
  4. (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.

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