fillen

Galician

Verb

fillen

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilen/,
• Rhymes: -ilən

Verb

fillen (third-person singular present fillt, past participle gefillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to feel, to experience
2. (reflexive) to feel

Conjugation

Synonyms

• spieren

Derived terms

• matfillen
• nofillen
• ufillen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• felle, fellen, fil, fill, fille, fillyn, fulle, fullen, fylle, velle, vullen
• fillenn (Ormulum)

Etymology

From Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną; equivalent to fille +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare fullen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlən/, /ˈfilən/, /ˈfulən/

Verb

fillen (third-person singular simple present filleth, present participle fillynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative filde, past participle fild)

1. To make or cause to be full; to fill:
   1. To fill up; to make a container or cavity full.
   2. To supply, provide or cover with (often of people)
   3. To suffuse or instill; to cause to spread.
2. To satisfy; to make happy or satiated:
   1. To alleviate or cure; to remove a condition.
   2. To feed (sufficiently); to serve food.
3. To do or execute (a task):
   1. To satisfy a duty or prediction; to fulfil.
   2. (rare) To be fulfilling or satisfying.
4. To be or become full of; to spread throughout.
5. To pour beverages (wine, beer) into glasses.
6. (rare, of time) To pass; to become complete.

Conjugation

Related terms

• fulfillen

Descendants

• English: fill
• Scots: fill
• Yola: vill

References

• “fillen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• filla

Noun

fillen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of fille