erzählen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erzellen, from Old High German irzellen. Equivalent to er- +‎ zählen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈt͡seːlən/, /ɛɐ̯ˈt͡seːl̩n/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: er‧zäh‧len === Verb === erzählen (weak, third-person singular present erzählt, past tense erzählte, past participle erzählt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to tell, to narrate, to recount [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] to tell, to say [with dative ‘to someone’ and dass (+ clause) ‘that something happens or happened’] to talk [with von (+ dative) ‘about something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (somewhat informal, regional) to talk a lot; to tell nonsense; to gabble ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Erzählen, Erzähler, Erzählung f erzählend, erzählt Erzählweise herumerzählen vom Pferd erzählen ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “erzählen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “erzählen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erzählen” in Duden online “erzählen” in OpenThesaurus.de