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See also: gëllen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gëllen, from Old High German gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (to yell). More at yell.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛlən/
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Verb

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gellen (weak, third-person singular present gellt, past tense gellte, past participle gegellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to emit a clear, penetrating sound
  2. (intransitive) to be shaken by a sound; reverberate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • gellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Vollständiges Deutsches Wörter-Buch vel Lexicon germanico-latinum cum praefationibus et autoris et Iohannis Ulrici König, Breßlau, 1734: "Gegollen (act. ich habe) praes. ich gelle, sonum edo, imperf. ich gall (& usus probat) gahl. Es gillt mir in den Ohren, aurium tinnitum percipio."
  • Joh. Siegm. Val. Popowitsch, Die nothwendigsten Anfangsgründe der Teutschen Sprachkunst zum Gebrauche der Österreichischen Schulen auf allerhöchsten Befehl ausgefertiget & Anfängsgründe der Teutschen Sprachkunst zum Gebrauche der Österreichischen Schulen herausgegeben, Wienn, 1754: "Gellen sonum edere, gieng ehedessen so: du gillst, es gillt, es gall, es gälle, es hat gegollen"

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gelden, from Old Saxon geldan.

Compare Dutch gelden, English yield, West Frisian jilde, German gelten, Icelandic gjalda.

Verb

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gellen (past singular gull, past participle gullen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true
  2. (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force
  3. (transitive) to be worth
  4. (intransitive, with an oblique personal object) to be meant for
  5. (intransitive, with “as” or “för) to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)
  6. (impersonal) to be necessary
  7. (intransitive, with “laten) to pass; to go; (Like in standard German, often translated with laten as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.)
    Dat will ik utnahmwies mal gellen laten.I will let that pass [allow, concede, endure, permit, accept that] as an exception.

Conjugation

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną.

Verb

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gellen

  1. to yell, scream

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: gillen

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