Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɪlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dril‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch *thrillen, from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (through, over).[1] Compare English thrill.

Verb

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drillen

  1. (transitive) to make vibrate, as with a pneumatic drill
  2. (intransitive) to operate a pneumatic drill
  3. (transitive) to drill, instruct by arduous exercise, notably in military context or style
  4. (transitive) to domineer
Conjugation
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Conjugation of drillen (weak)
infinitive drillen
past singular drilde
past participle gedrild
infinitive drillen
gerund drillen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dril drilde
2nd person sing. (jij) drilt, dril2 drilde
2nd person sing. (u) drilt drilde
2nd person sing. (gij) drilt drilde
3rd person singular drilt drilde
plural drillen drilden
subjunctive sing.1 drille drilde
subjunctive plur.1 drillen drilden
imperative sing. dril
imperative plur.1 drilt
participles drillend gedrild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: drill
  • Papiamentu: drel, dril

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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drillen

  1. plural of dril

References

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  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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Seemingly from Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch drillen. The verb may have existed in Middle High German, but only a strong past participle gedrollen (round) is attested. The Upper German dialects have a verb trillen, which is probably a variant of drillen (compare Dutch drillen and trillen; English thrill and trill).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drillen (weak, third-person singular present drillt, past tense drillte, past participle gedrillt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to twist (a rope)
  2. (military) to drill
  3. (technical, not general) to bore

Conjugation

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Further reading

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