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
- (intransitive) To emit a clear, penetrating sound
- (intransitive) To be shaken by a sound; reverberate
Conjugation
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"
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)
- (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
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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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