gellen
See also: gëllen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gëllen, from Old High German gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (“to yell”). More at yell.
Pronunciation
Verb
gellen (weak, third-person singular present gellt, past tense gellte, past participle gegellt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to emit a clear, penetrating sound
- (intransitive) to be shaken by a sound; reverberate
Conjugation
infinitive | gellen | ||||
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present participle | gellend | ||||
past participle | gegellt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gelle | wir gellen | i | ich gelle | wir gellen |
du gellst | ihr gellt | du gellest | ihr gellet | ||
er gellt | sie gellen | er gelle | sie gellen | ||
preterite | ich gellte | wir gellten | ii | ich gellte1 | wir gellten1 |
du gelltest | ihr gelltet | du gelltest1 | ihr gelltet1 | ||
er gellte | sie gellten | er gellte1 | sie gellten1 | ||
imperative | gell (du) gelle (du) |
gellt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
- “gellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Vollständiges Deutsches Wörter-Buch vel Lexicon germanico-latinum cum praefationibus et autoris et Iohannis Ulrici König, Breßlau, 1734: "Gegollen (act. ich habe) praes. ich gelle, sonum edo, imperf. ich gall (& usus probat) gahl. Es gillt mir in den Ohren, aurium tinnitum percipio."
- Joh. Siegm. Val. Popowitsch, Die nothwendigsten Anfangsgründe der Teutschen Sprachkunst zum Gebrauche der Österreichischen Schulen auf allerhöchsten Befehl ausgefertiget & Anfängsgründe der Teutschen Sprachkunst zum Gebrauche der Österreichischen Schulen herausgegeben, Wienn, 1754: "Gellen sonum edere, gieng ehedessen so: du gillst, es gillt, es gall, es gälle, es hat gegollen"
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German gelden, from Old Saxon geldan.
Compare Dutch gelden, English yield, West Frisian jilde, German gelten, Icelandic gjalda.
Verb
gellen (past singular gull, past participle gullen, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true
- (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force
- (transitive) to be worth
- (intransitive, with an oblique personal object) to be meant for
- (intransitive, with “as” or “för”) to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)
- (impersonal) to be necessary
- (intransitive, with “laten”) to pass; to go; (Like in standard German, often translated with laten as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.)
- Dat will ik utnahmwies mal gellen laten. ― I will let that pass [allow, concede, endure, permit, accept that] as an exception.
Conjugation
Conjugation of gellen (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive | gellen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | gell | gull |
2nd person singular | gells(t) | gulls(t) |
3rd person singular | gell(t) | gull |
plural | gellt, gellen | gullen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | gell | |
plural | gellt | |
participle | present | past |
gellen | (e)gullen, gegullen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną.
Verb
gellen
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: gillen
Further reading
- “ghellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gellen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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