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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪlən]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Noun

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killen

  1. plural of kil

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English kill.

Verb

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killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to kill
    Synonyms: umbringen, umlegen, kaltmachen
    • 1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Olten, Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN, page 90:
      «Weil wir verraten sind, Franz, achtzehn und neunzehn, von den Bonzen, und Rosa haben sie gekillt und Karl Liebknecht. [] »
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 December 30, Nadine Conti, “Zensuren auf dem Prüfstand: Mehr Notenfreiheit in Niedersachsen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Nichts killt ihre Motivation so nachhaltig wie der Eindruck, es sei egal, was sie machen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023 July 12, Mohamed Amjahid, “Robert Jenrick lässt Figuren übermalen: Er hat Mickey Mouse gekillt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
      Auch in Deutschland stehen viele Po­li­ti­ke­r*in­nen und ihre hasserfüllten Adepten mit der Farbrolle bereit, um Bambi gnadenlos zu killen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English.[1]

Verb

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killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical) to shiver
    die Segel killen(please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ killen” in Duden online

Further reading

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  • killen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • killen (töten)” in Duden online
  • killen (wehen, flattern)” in Duden online
  • Gustav Goedel (1902) “killen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 246

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German kuolen; equivalent to kill (cool) +‎ -en.

Verb

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killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to cool
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive killen
participle gekillt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular killen
2nd singular kills kill
3rd singular killt
1st plural killen
2nd plural killt killt
3rd plural killen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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killen

  1. inflection of kill:
    1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
    2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong/weak dative plural

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English kill.

Verb

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killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, slang) to kill
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive killen
participle gekillt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular killen
2nd singular kills kill
3rd singular killt
1st plural killen
2nd plural killt killt
3rd plural killen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Synonyms
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Swedish

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Noun

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killen

  1. definite singular of kille

Anagrams

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Yagara

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Noun

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killen

  1. Alternative form of gillen (finger).

References

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