tellen

== English == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== tellen (plural tellens) (zoology) Archaic spelling of tellin. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell +‎ -en. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛlən/ ==== Verb ==== tellen (obsolete, dialectal) plural simple present of tell === References === “tellen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: tel‧len Rhymes: -ɛlən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Equivalent to tal (“number”) +‎ -en (“denominative”) or taal (“language”) +‎ -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut. ==== Verb ==== tellen (transitive) to count, to enumerate (transitive) to determine the number of (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: tel Berbice Creole Dutch: tali Negerhollands: tel → Sranan Tongo: teri → Aukan: teli === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== tellen plural of tel == Galician == === Verb === tellen inflection of tellar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian. Cognate with Dutch tellen, German zählen, West Frisian telle, English tell (“to narrate, inform, say”), Danish tælle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.lən/ === Verb === tellen (past singular tell, past participle tellt, auxiliary verb hebben) to count ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch tellen === Verb === tellen to count, to calculate to count as, to consider as to tell, to say ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: tellen Limburgish: tèlle === Further reading === “tellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tellen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English tellan, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. === Verb === tellen to count to tell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: tell Scots: tell Yola: tolth, told (preterite) ==== References ==== “tellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle Low German == === Etymology === From Old Saxon tellian. Cognate with Dutch tellen and English tell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tellən/, [t(ʰ)elˠːə̃n] or IPA(key): /tɛllən/, [t(ʰ)ɛlˠːə̃n] The raising of [ɛ] to [e] might have been blocked by /lC/, as this combination prevented a lowering of [ʊ] to [ɔ]. === Verb === tellen to count, to tell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== vortellen ==== Descendants ==== Low German: tellen == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *talljan. === Verb === tellen to tell, to say to count ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: tellenDutch: tellenLimburgish: tèlle ==== Further reading ==== “tellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012