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Etymology

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Noun

tellen (plural tellens)

  1. (zoology) Archaic spelling of tellin.

References

“tellen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: tel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

tellen

  1. (transitive) to count, to enumerate
  2. (transitive) to determine the number of
  3. (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance
Inflection
Inflection of tellen (weak)
infinitive tellen
past singular telde
past participle geteld
infinitive tellen
gerund tellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tel telde
2nd person sing. (jij) telt telde
2nd person sing. (u) telt telde
2nd person sing. (gij) telt telde
3rd person singular telt telde
plural tellen telden
subjunctive sing.1 telle telde
subjunctive plur.1 tellen telden
imperative sing. tel
imperative plur.1 telt
participles tellend geteld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: tel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tali
  • Negerhollands: tel
  • → Sranan Tongo: teri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tellen

  1. plural of tel

Galician

Verb

tellen

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

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Cognate with Dutch tellen, German zählen, West Frisian telle, English tell, Danish tælle.

Pronunciation

Verb

tellen (past singular tell, past participle tellt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of tellen (weak verb)
infinitive tellen
indicative present preterite
1st person singular tell tell
2nd person singular tells(t) tells(t)
3rd person singular tell(t) tell
plural tellt, tellen tellen
imperative present —
singular tell(e)
plural tellt
participle present past
tellen (e)tellt, getellt
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch tellen

Verb

tellen

  1. to count, to calculate
  2. to count as, to consider as
  3. to tell, to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English tellan, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

tellen

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of tellen (weak irregular)
infinitive (to) tellen, telle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular telle tolde
2nd-person singular tellest toldest
3rd-person singular telleth tolde
subjunctive singular telle
imperative singular —
plural1 tellen, telle tolden, tolde
imperative plural telleth, telle —
participles tellynge, tellende told, ytold

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon tellian. Cognate with Dutch tellen and English tell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tellən/, or IPA(key): /tɛllən/,
  • The raising of to might have been blocked by /lC/, as this combination prevented a lowering of to .

Verb

tellen

  1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of tellen as a weak verb
Plain Infinitive tellen
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô tellene or tô tellende
Verbal Noun tellen or tellent
Participles Imperatives
Present tellende 2nd Person Singular telle
Past getellet 2nd Person Plural tellet
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular telle tellede telle tellede
2nd Person Singular tellest telledest tellest telledest
3rd Person Singular tellet tellede tellet tellede
Plural tellen (tellet?) telleden tellen telleden

Related terms

Descendants

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *talljan.

Verb

tellen

  1. to tell, to say
  2. to count

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “tellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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