tilgen

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German tīlgen, tiligen, tīligen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German tiligōn, tīligōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *diligōną, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēleō. Compare also Old High German byforms dīlōn, tīlōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪlɡn̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: til‧gen

Verb

1. to erase, to extinguish
2. (finance) to amortize, to repay, to redeem

Derived terms

• austilgen
• Tilgung
• vertilgen

Further reading

• “tilgen” in Duden online