villen

See also: Villen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch villen, from Old Dutch fillen, from Proto-West Germanic *fillijan. Equivalent to vel (“skin”) +‎ -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical i-mutation.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪlən

Verb

villen

1. to skin (remove the skin from)

Inflection

Conjugation of villen (weak)
infinitive	villen
past singular	vilde
past participle	gevild
infinitive	villen
gerund	villen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vil	vilde
2nd person sing. (jij)	vilt, vil2	vilde
2nd person sing. (u)	vilt	vilde
2nd person sing. (gij)	vilt	vilde
3rd person singular	vilt	vilde
plural	villen	vilden
subjunctive sing.1	ville	vilde
subjunctive plur.1	villen	vilden
imperative sing.	vil
imperative plur.1	vilt
participles	villend	gevild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vil
• Negerhollands: fel, vel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fillen, from Proto-West Germanic *fillijan.

Verb

villen

1. to skin (remove the skin from)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: villen
  • Afrikaans: vil
  • Negerhollands: fel, vel

Further reading

• “villen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “villen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

villen

1. (obsolete) second-person plural past indicative of vilja