molen

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

molen

1. third-person plural present indicative of moldre

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

molen

1. third-person plural present indicative of molar (“to mock”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

molen

1. third-person plural present indicative of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”)

Danish

Noun

molen c

1. definite singular of mole

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) meulen

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mōlen, from Old Dutch mulin, from Latin molīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧len
• Rhymes: -oːlən

Noun

molen m (plural molens, diminutive molentje n)

1. mill

Derived terms

- general:

- toponyms:

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meule
• Berbice Creole Dutch: molo
• Jersey Dutch: mœl
• Negerhollands: mola, moela, mula
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: mola, mula (dated)
• → Lokono: molo

Galician

Verb

molen

1. third-person plural present indicative of mulir

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”). Cognate with German malen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːlən/
• Rhymes: -oːlən

Verb

molen (third-person singular present moolt, past participle gemoolt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to paint

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Moler
• Molerei

Related terms

• Mol

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mulin, from Latin molīna.

Noun

mōlen f

1. mill

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• muelen

Descendants

• Dutch: molen
• Limburgish: meule

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

molen

1. Alternative form of moleyne

Spanish

Verb

molen

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

Swedish

Noun

molen

1. definite singular of mol
2. definite plural of mol