talen

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Catalan

Verb

talen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of talar

Danish

Noun

talen

  1. definite singular of tale

Verb

talen

  1. gerund of tale

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːlə(n)/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tālen, from Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-Germanic *talōną. Cognate with English tale.

Verb

talen

  1. (intransitive) to long, to care
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to speak
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to say
Inflection
Inflection of talen (weak)
infinitive talen
past singular taalde
past participle getaald
infinitive talen
gerund talen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular taal taalde
2nd person sing. (jij) taalt taalde
2nd person sing. (u) taalt taalde
2nd person sing. (gij) taalt taalde
3rd person singular taalt taalde
plural talen taalden
subjunctive sing.1 tale taalde
subjunctive plur.1 talen taalden
imperative sing. taal
imperative plur.1 taalt
participles talend getaald
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

talen

  1. plural of taal

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

tālen

  1. to speak, to talk
  2. to say
  3. to tell, to narrate
  4. to speak in court, to appeal
  5. (eastern) to pay
    Synonym: betālen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: talen
  • Limburgish: tale

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

talen m

  1. definite singular of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

talen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of tale

Spanish

Verb

talen

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

Swedish

Noun

talen

  1. definite plural of tal

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English talent.

Noun

talen

  1. talent

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • talem (literary, first-person plural)
  • talent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

Verb

talen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
talen dalen nhalen thalen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Noun

talen

  1. plural of taal
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