callen

See also: Callen

Catalan

Verb

callen

1. third-person plural present indicative of callar

Galician

Verb

callen

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Verb

callen

1. to talk about, to tell
2. to talk rubbish

Inflection

Conjugation of callen (weak)

infinitive	base form	callen
	genitive	callens
	dative	callene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		calle	—		calle	—
2nd person singular		cals, calles	—		cals, calles	—
3rd person singular		calt, callet	—		calle	—
1st person plural		callen	—		callen	—
2nd person plural		calt, callet	—		calt, callet	—
3rd person plural		callen	—		callen	—
		imperative
singular		cal, calle
plural		calt, callet
		present	past
participle		callende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: kallen
• Limburgish: kalle

Further reading

• “callen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “callen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• kallen

Etymology

From Old English ceallian and Old Norse kalla, both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Verb

callen

1. to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of callen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) callen, calle
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	calle	called
2nd-person singular	callest	calledest
3rd-person singular	calleth	called
subjunctive singular	calle
imperative singular		—
plural1	callen, calle	calleden, callede
imperative plural	calleth, calle	—
participles	callynge, callende	called, ycalled

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

Derived terms

• callynge

Descendants

• English: call
• Yola: caulthe (preterite)

References

• “callen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

callen

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