bellen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bellen. Equivalent to bel + -en.
Verb edit
bellen
- (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
- (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial
Inflection edit
Conjugation of bellen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bellen | |||
past singular | belde | |||
past participle | gebeld | |||
infinitive | bellen | |||
gerund | bellen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bel | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | belt | belde | ||
3rd person singular | belt | belde | ||
plural | bellen | belden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | belle | belde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bellen | belden | ||
imperative sing. | bel | |||
imperative plur.1 | belt | |||
participles | bellend | gebeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch bellen, from Old Dutch *bellan, from Proto-West Germanic *bellan, from Proto-Germanic *bellaną. Cognate with English bellow, German bellen and Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “to bleat”).
Verb edit
bellen
- (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
- (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at
Inflection edit
Conjugation of bellen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bellen | |||
past singular | belde | |||
past participle | gebeld | |||
infinitive | bellen | |||
gerund | bellen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bel | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | belt | belde | ||
3rd person singular | belt | belde | ||
plural | bellen | belden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | belle | belde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bellen | belden | ||
imperative sing. | bel | |||
imperative plur.1 | belt | |||
participles | bellend | gebeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
bellen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bëllen, from Old High German bellan from Proto-Germanic *bellaną, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “baa", "bleat”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bellen (weak, third-person singular present bellt, past tense bellte, past participle gebellt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to bark:
- (literally) like a canine
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:
- Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.
- A dog barks when he perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.
- (figuratively) in a rude, loud human voice
- (literally) like a canine
Conjugation edit
infinitive | bellen | ||||
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present participle | bellend | ||||
past participle | gebellt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich belle | wir bellen | i | ich belle | wir bellen |
du bellst | ihr bellt | du bellest | ihr bellet | ||
er bellt | sie bellen | er belle | sie bellen | ||
preterite | ich bellte | wir bellten | ii | ich bellte1 | wir bellten1 |
du belltest | ihr belltet | du belltest1 | ihr belltet1 | ||
er bellte | sie bellten | er bellte1 | sie bellten1 | ||
imperative | bell (du) belle (du) |
bellt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Obsolete forms are present billt, preterite ball or boll, past participle gebollen.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bellen
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