lullen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʏlə(n)/ Rhymes: -ʏlən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch lollen. May ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (an expressive root and presumably an onomatopoeia). If so, then cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō). Due to the association with lul (“cock”), the word may today be regarded as somewhat vulgar. ==== Verb ==== lullen (intransitive, somewhat vulgar) to blather, twaddle, talk nonsense Synonym: poep praten Lul niet zo. ― Quit your blathering. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== lullen plural of lul == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʊln̩/, /ˈlʊlən/ === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō). ==== Verb ==== lullen (weak, third-person singular present lullt, past tense lullte, past participle gelullt, auxiliary haben) to lull ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== anlullen einlullen === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Lulu (“pee (noun)”) +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== lullen (weak, third-person singular present lullt, past tense lullte, past participle gelullt, auxiliary haben) (Austria, Southern Germany, regional, childish) to wee, to pee ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== anlullen === Further reading === “lullen” in Duden online “lullen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “lullen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.