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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛlən/

Verb

1. (intransitive) To emit a clear, penetrating sound
2. (intransitive) To be shaken by a sound; reverberate

Further reading

• 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"

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Compare Dutch gelden, English yield, West Frisian jilde, German gelten, Icelandic gjalda.

Verb

gellen (past singular gull, past participle gullen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true
2. (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force
3. (transitive) to be worth
4. (intransitive, with an oblique personal object) to be meant for
5. (intransitive, with “as” or “för”) to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)
6. (impersonal) to be necessary
7. (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

• Geld
• Gellen
• güllig
• Gold

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Dutch *gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną.

Verb

gellen

1. to yell, scream

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