talen

Catalan

Verb

talen

1. third-person plural present indicative of talar

Danish

Noun

talen

1. definite singular of tale

Verb

talen

1. gerund of tale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlə(n)/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tālen, from Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-West Germanic *talōn, from Proto-Germanic *talōną. Cognate with English tale.

Verb

talen

1. (intransitive) to long, to care [with naar ‘for’]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to speak
3. (transitive, obsolete) to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of talen (weak)
infinitive	talen
past singular	taalde
past participle	getaald
infinitive	talen
gerund	talen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	taal	taalde
2nd person sing. (jij)	taalt, taal2	taalde
2nd person sing. (u)	taalt	taalde
2nd person sing. (gij)	taalt	taalde
3rd person singular	taalt	taalde
plural	talen	taalden
subjunctive sing.1	tale	taalde
subjunctive plur.1	talen	taalden
imperative sing.	taal
imperative plur.1	taalt
participles	talend	getaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• betalen
• vertalen

Related terms

• taal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

talen

1. plural of taal

Anagrams

• laten

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch talent, from Middle Dutch talent, from Old French talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “a particular weight, balance”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɛn/ [ˈt̪a.lɛn]
• Rhymes: -alɛn
• Syllabification: ta‧len

Noun

talen (plural talen-talen)

1. talent
   1. synonym of talenta (gift, quality, capability)
   2. a unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.

Further reading

• “talen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-West Germanic *talōn.

Verb

tālen

1. to speak, to talk
2. to say
3. to tell, to narrate
4. to speak in court, to appeal
5. (eastern) to pay

   Synonym: betālen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: talen
• Limburgish: tale

Further reading

• “talen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “talen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

talen m

1. definite singular of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tala

Noun

talen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of tale

Spanish

Verb

talen

1. inflection of talar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

talen

1. definite plural of tal

Anagrams

• ental, laten

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English talent.

Noun

talen

1. talent

Welsh

Alternative forms

• talem (literary, first-person plural)
• talent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɛn/, /ˈtalɛn/
• Rhymes: -alɛn

Verb

talen

1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of talu

Mutation

Mutated forms of talen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
talen	dalen	nhalen	thalen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Frisian

Noun

talen

1. plural of taal