pellen

From Middle Dutch pellen. Either derived in Middle Dutch from pelle (“peel, shell”), or borrowed from Old French peler (“to peel”), both ultimately from Old French pel (“skin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: pel‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛlən
• Homophone: Pellen

pellen

1. to peel

   Synonym: schillen

pellen

1. genitive singular of pelle

18th century, from Pelle +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlən/

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pellen (weak, third-person singular present pellt, past tense pellte, past participle gepellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to peel something (chiefly when the peel can be pulled off in strips or pieces, as with cooked potatoes, but not with raw ones)

   Synonym: (especially by cutting) schälen

   ein hartgekochtes Ei pellen ― to peel a hard-boiled egg

2. (reflexive) to peel, to peel off (of skin, etc.)

• abpellen
• Pellerei
• Pellkartoffel

• Pelle

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