bellen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛlə(n)/ Hyphenation: bel‧len Rhymes: -ɛlən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bellen. Equivalent to bel +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== bellen (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: bel → Papiamentu: bèl → Sranan Tongo: bèl → Trió: bel === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch bellen, from Old Dutch *bellan, from Proto-West Germanic *bellan, from Proto-Germanic *bellaną. Cognate with English bellow, German bellen and Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “to bleat”). ==== Verb ==== bellen (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== bellen plural of bel == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bëllen, from Old High German bellan from Proto-Germanic *bellaną, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “baa", "bleat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛlən/ Hyphenation: bel‧len Homophone: Bällen === Verb === bellen (weak, third-person singular present bellt, past tense bellte, past participle gebellt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to bark: (literally) like a canine (figuratively) in a rude, loud human voice ==== Conjugation ==== Obsolete forms are present billt, preterite ball or boll, past participle gebollen. ==== Derived terms ==== Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht === Further reading === “bellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bellen” in Duden online “bellen” in OpenThesaurus.de “bellen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛlən/ === Noun === bellen plural of bel