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Etymology edit

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Noun edit

tellen (plural tellens)

  1. (zoology) Archaic spelling of tellin.

References edit

tellen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb edit

tellen

  1. (transitive) to count, to enumerate
  2. (transitive) to determine the number of
  3. (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance
Inflection edit
Inflection of tellen (weak)
infinitive tellen
past singular telde
past participle geteld
infinitive tellen
gerund tellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tel telde
2nd person sing. (jij) telt telde
2nd person sing. (u) telt telde
2nd person sing. (gij) telt telde
3rd person singular telt telde
plural tellen telden
subjunctive sing.1 telle telde
subjunctive plur.1 tellen telden
imperative sing. tel
imperative plur.1 telt
participles tellend geteld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: tel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tali
  • Negerhollands: tel
  • Sranan Tongo: teri

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

tellen

  1. plural of tel

Galician edit

Verb edit

tellen

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

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Cognate with Dutch tellen, German zählen, West Frisian telle, English tell, Danish tælle.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tellen (past singular tell, past participle tellt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch tellen

Verb edit

tellen

  1. to count, to calculate
  2. to count as, to consider as
  3. to tell, to say

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English tellan, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb edit

tellen

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

References edit

Middle Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Old Saxon tellian. Cognate with Dutch tellen and English tell.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tellən/, [t(ʰ)elˠːə̃n] or IPA(key): /tɛllən/, [t(ʰ)ɛlˠːə̃n]
  • The raising of [ɛ] to [e] might have been blocked by /lC/, as this combination prevented a lowering of [ʊ] to [ɔ].

Verb edit

tellen

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *talljan.

Verb edit

tellen

  1. to tell, to say
  2. to count

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • tellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012