From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.
kallen
| Conjugation of kallen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kallen | |||
| past singular | kalde | |||
| past participle | gekald | |||
| infinitive | kallen | |||
| gerund | kallen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kal | kalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kalt, kal2 | kalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kalt | kalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kalt | kalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kalt | kalde | ||
| plural | kallen | kalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kalle | kalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kallen | kalden | ||
| imperative sing. | kal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kalt | |||
| participles | kallend | gekald | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Middle High German kallen, Old High German kallōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Cognate with Dutch kallen, English call.
kallen (weak, third-person singular present kallt, past tense kallte, past participle gekallt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | kallen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kallend | ||||
| past participle | gekallt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich kalle | wir kallen | i | ich kalle | wir kallen |
| du kallst | ihr kallt | du kallest | ihr kallet | ||
| er kallt | sie kallen | er kalle | sie kallen | ||
| preterite | ich kallte | wir kallten | ii | ich kallte1 | wir kallten1 |
| du kalltest | ihr kalltet | du kalltest1 | ihr kalltet1 | ||
| er kallte | sie kallten | er kallte1 | sie kallten1 | ||
| imperative | kall (du) kalle (du) |
kallt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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