Catalan

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Verb

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talen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of talar

Danish

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Noun

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talen

  1. definite singular of tale

Verb

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talen

  1. gerund of tale

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːlə(n)/
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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch tālen, from Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-Germanic *talōną. Cognate with English tale.

Verb

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talen

  1. (intransitive) to long, to care [with naar ‘for’]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to speak
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to say
Inflection
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Conjugation of talen (weak)
infinitive talen
past singular taalde
past participle getaald
infinitive talen
gerund talen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular taal taalde
2nd person sing. (jij) taalt, taal2 taalde
2nd person sing. (u) taalt taalde
2nd person sing. (gij) taalt taalde
3rd person singular taalt taalde
plural talen taalden
subjunctive sing.1 tale taalde
subjunctive plur.1 talen taalden
imperative sing. taal
imperative plur.1 taalt
participles talend getaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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talen

  1. plural of taal

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

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tālen

  1. to speak, to talk
  2. to say
  3. to tell, to narrate
  4. to speak in court, to appeal
  5. (eastern) to pay
    Synonym: betālen

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: talen
  • Limburgish: tale

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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talen m

  1. definite singular of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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talen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of tale

Spanish

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Verb

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talen

  1. inflection of talar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

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Noun

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talen

  1. definite plural of tal

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English talent.

Noun

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talen

  1. talent

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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  • talem (literary, first-person plural)
  • talent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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talen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of talu

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
talen dalen nhalen thalen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

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Noun

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talen

  1. plural of taal