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German
Etymology
From Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkvɛln̩/, /ˈkvɛlən/
Verb
quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)
- to well (issue forth, as water from the earth)
- to swell, to soak (expand by soaking up a liquid)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
quellen (class 3
strong, auxiliary
sein)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
quellen (class 3
strong, auxiliary
sein)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “quellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “quellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “quellen” in Duden online
- “quellen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.
Verb
quellen
- to torment, to hurt, to torture
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)
- To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
- To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
- (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
- (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) quellen, quelle
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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quelle
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quelled, quelde
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| 2nd-person singular
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quellest
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quelledest, queldest
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| 3rd-person singular
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quelleth
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quelled, quelde
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| subjunctive singular
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quelle
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| imperative singular
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| plural1
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quellen, quelle
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quelleden, quellede, quelden, quelde
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| imperative plural
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quelleth, quelle
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| participles
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quellynge, quellende
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quelled, queld, yquelled, yqueld
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants
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