feilen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯lən

Etymology 1

From feil +‎ -en.

Verb

feilen

  1. to fail
  2. to err
Conjugation
Conjugation of feilen (weak)
infinitive feilen
past singular feilde
past participle gefeild
infinitive feilen
gerund feilen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular feil feilde
2nd person sing. (jij) feilt, feil2 feilde
2nd person sing. (u) feilt feilde
2nd person sing. (gij) feilt feilde
3rd person singular feilt feilde
plural feilen feilden
subjunctive sing.1 feile feilde
subjunctive plur.1 feilen feilden
imperative sing. feil
imperative plur.1 feilt
participles feilend gefeild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

feilen

  1. plural of feil

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vīlen, Old High German fīhalōn, ultimately from the root of Feile (tool for smoothing a hard material).

Pronunciation

Verb

feilen (weak, third-person singular present feilt, past tense feilte, past participle gefeilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (to smooth with a file) to file

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • feilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • feilen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • feilen” in Duden online
  • feilen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feilen m

  1. definite singular of feil

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feilen m

  1. definite singular of feil