bellen
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bellen. Equivalent to bel + -en.
Glagol
bellen
- (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
- (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial
Inflection
Inflection of bellen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bellen | |||
past singular | belde | |||
past participle | gebeld | |||
infinitive | bellen | |||
gerund | bellen n | |||
verbal noun | — | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bel | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | belt | belde | ||
3rd person singular | belt | belde | ||
plural | bellen | belden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | belle | belde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bellen | belden | ||
imperative sing. | bel | |||
imperative plur.1 | belt | |||
participles | bellend | gebeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch bellen, from Old Dutch *bellan, from Pra-Zapadno Germanski *bellan, from Pra-Germanski *bellaną. Cognate with Engleski bellow, Nemački bellen and Ruski bleяtь (blejatʹ, “to bleat”).
Glagol
bellen
- (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
- (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at
Inflection
Inflection of bellen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bellen | |||
past singular | belde | |||
past participle | gebeld | |||
infinitive | bellen | |||
gerund | bellen n | |||
verbal noun | — | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bel | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | belt | belde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | belt | belde | ||
3rd person singular | belt | belde | ||
plural | bellen | belden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | belle | belde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bellen | belden | ||
imperative sing. | bel | |||
imperative plur.1 | belt | |||
participles | bellend | gebeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Imenica
bellen
Jezici (1)
Etimologija {{{2}}}
From Middle High German bëllen, from Old High German bellan from Pra-Germanski *bellaną, cognate with Engleski bellow, Ruski bleяtь (blejatʹ, “baa", "bleat”).
Izgovor
Glagol
bellen
- (intransitive) to bark:
- (literally) like a canine
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:
- Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.
- A dog barks when he perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.
- (figurative) in a rude, loud human voice
- (literally) like a canine
Conjugation
infinitive | bellen | ||||
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present participle | bellend | ||||
past participle | gebellt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich belle | wir bellen | i | ich belle | wir bellen |
du bellst | ihr bellt | du bellest | ihr bellet | ||
er bellt | sie bellen | er belle | sie bellen | ||
preterite | ich bellte | wir bellten | ii | ich bellte1 | wir bellten1 |
du belltest | ihr belltet | du belltest1 | ihr belltet1 | ||
er bellte | sie bellten | er bellte1 | sie bellten1 | ||
imperative | bell (du) belle (du) |
bellt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Obsolete forms are present billt, preterite ball or boll, past participle gebollen.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- bellen u Duden na internetu
- Šablon:R:OpenThesaurus
- Šablon:R:Grimm
West Frisian
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bellen