telg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch telg, from Middle Dutch telch, from Old Dutch *telg, from Proto-Germanic *telguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛlχ/

• Audio:

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Noun

telg (plural telge, diminutive telgie)

1. (literary) scion, child

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch telch, from Old Dutch *telg, from Proto-West Germanic *telguʀ, from Proto-Germanic *telguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛlx/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: telg
• Rhymes: -ɛlx

Noun

telg f (plural telgen, diminutive telgje n)

1. descendant, scion

   een telg van een beroemd geslacht -- sion

Descendants

• Afrikaans: telg

Anagrams

• legt

Old English

Alternative forms

• tælg, tægl, tælhg

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (“tallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telɡ/, [teɫɣ]

Noun

telg m

1. dye

Declension

Declension of telg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	telg	telgas
accusative	telg	telgas
genitive	telges	telga
dative	telge	telgum

Derived terms

• ættelg
• bēamtelg
• weoloctelg

Related terms

• ġetelged
• telgan (“to dye”)