ekeln
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]15th century, from Middle Low German ēgelen, ēchelen, ēkelen. Further origin uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (whence English ail). The -k- then likely through influence of Middle Low German ēken, āken (“to suppurate”), from Proto-Germanic *akaną (whence English ache); compare Dutch akelig. An alternative theory sees in the now archaic adjective ekel a northern variant of heikel, but the association between both forms may be secondary.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ekeln (weak, third-person singular present ekelt, past tense ekelte, past participle geekelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, with vor) to be disgusted
- Ich ekle mich davor.
- I am disgusted by it.
- (more formal, transitive) to disgust
- Es ekelt mich.
- It disgusts me.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | ekeln | ||||
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present participle | ekelnd | ||||
past participle | geekelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ekle ich ekele ich ekel |
wir ekeln | i | ich ekele ich ekle |
wir ekeln |
du ekelst | ihr ekelt | du ekelest du eklest |
ihr ekelet ihr eklet | ||
er ekelt | sie ekeln | er ekele er ekle |
sie ekeln | ||
preterite | ich ekelte | wir ekelten | ii | ich ekelte1 | wir ekelten1 |
du ekeltest | ihr ekeltet | du ekeltest1 | ihr ekeltet1 | ||
er ekelte | sie ekelten | er ekelte1 | sie ekelten1 | ||
imperative | ekle (du) ekel (du) ekele (du) |
ekelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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