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jaulen

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. Probably onomatopoetic, though a relation with gellen (to shrill) with common dialectal j- could be considered.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjaʊ̯lən/, [jaʊ̯lən], [jaʊ̯l̩n]
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Verb

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jaulen (weak, third-person singular present jault, past tense jaulte, past participle gejault, auxiliary haben)

  1. to yelp, to howl, to yowl (sound of a canine or a similar sound)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • jaulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • jaulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • jaulen” in Duden online
  • jaulen” in OpenThesaurus.de