Till

See also: till and 'till

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda.
• As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.

Proper noun

Till (countable and uncountable, plural Tills)

1. A placename:
   1. (uncountable) A river in Northumberland, England, tributary to the Tweed.
      • Traditional saying:

        Tweed says to Till:
        "What gars ye rin sae still ?"
        Till says to Tweed:
        "Tho ye rin wi' speed
        And I rin slaw
        Whar ye droon ae man,
        I droon twa !"

   2. (uncountable) A river in Wiltshire, England.
   3. (uncountable) A river in Lincolnshire, England.
2. (countable) A surname.
   • 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 January 2017:

     Technically speaking, it’s Lucas Till, the actor playing Tripp, who is far too old to be riding a school bus, not his character in Monster Trucks, who is written as a 16-year-old, maybe 17 tops. But Till does not look 16, nor 17, nor even 18.

   • 2023 October 26, Rojoef Manuel, “British Army Trials Situational Awareness Technologies in Urban Warfare Training”, in The Defense Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 July 2024:

     “How to hide, survive and use the urban environment as a sanctuary was a challenge but the soldiers adapted to the real-life challenges,” ETG Commander Col. Toby Till explained.

Synonyms

• (river): River Till

Anagrams

• it'll, lilt, lit'l

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Noun

Till m (strong, genitive Tilles or Tills, plural Tille)

1. obsolete form of Dill (“dill”)

Declension

Declension of Till [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Till	die	Tille
genitive	eines	des	Tilles, Tills	der	Tille
dative	einem	dem	Till, Tille1	den	Tillen
accusative	einen	den	Till	die	Tille

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Medieval diminutive of compound given names beginning with Diet- (such as Dieter or Dietrich), from Old High German thoit (“people”).

Proper noun

Till m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tills)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Tillmann, Tilmann, Tilman