See also: Aalen and ålen

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

The sense of to hunt eels derives from Aal (eel). The colloquial senses derive from the appearance of the eel and its way of moving.

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aa‧len
  • Pronunciation: IPA(key): [ˈaːlən]
  • Homophone: Ahlen

VerbEdit

aalen (weak, third-person singular present aalt, past tense aalte, past participle geaalt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to hunt eels, to go on an eel-hunt
    Bis ans Ende seiner Tage aalt John noch im See hinter seinem Haus.
    John hunted eels in the lake behind his house until the end of his days.
  2. (colloquial, reflexive) to stretch out, especially laughing (compare rotfl)
    Beim Erzählen der alten Anekdoten aalten wir uns vor Lachen.
    ≈ As we listened to the old anecdotes, we threw our heads back, laughing.
  3. (colloquial) to relax (eg as on vacation)

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Further readingEdit

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

aalen m

  1. obsolete typography of ålen

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German Aalen.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

aalen m inan

  1. (geology) Aalenian

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • aalen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • aalen in Polish dictionaries at PWN